THE Court of Appeal is expected to soon deliver its ruling in the case brought by Andy Boodram, who is currently serving a life sentence for wounding his neighbour back in 2011 at Grove, East Bank Demerara.

In 2018, a 12-member jury at the Demerara High Court found Boodram guilty of wounding Deonarine Persaud called “Anil” on September 4, 2011.

Boodram had been indicted for attempted murder and the jury found him not guilty of that charge. However, he was found guilty of an alternative count of felonious wounding.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime by Justice Navindra Singh.

In his application which was filed by attorneys-at-law George Thomas and Kim Kyte-Thomas, Boodram claimed that the trial judge erred on several pertinent issues leading up to the verdict.

As it relates to the severity of the sentence, Boodram claims that the trial judge erred in law by failing to apply case law principles that promote fairness in sentencing.

Among other things, Boodram wants the court to overturn his conviction and sentence.

On Tuesday, during a Zoom hearing, Chancellor (ag) of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards, and Justices of Appeal Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud, reserved their judgements in the case.

A date for ruling is yet to be set.

According to reports, on the day in question, the victim went to the home of the accused at approximately 20:00hrs to ask him to turn down the loud music which was affecting his newborn baby.

A fight broke out between the men after which Boodram armed himself with a cutlass and inflicted three chop wounds to the head of the victim.

The victim was rushed to the hospital where he underwent several surgeries for the wounds he received.