SHELDON Lynch, who is currently serving three life sentences for the rape of two underage girls, has moved to the Appeal Court to have the convictions and sentences overturned.

In 2018, Lynch, 51, was sentenced to two life sentences by High Court Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall for the rape of an underage girl on two occasions. The girl was 10 years old at the time.

The judge ordered that the two sentences run concurrently, and Lynch only be eligible for parole after serving 35 years for two counts.

Later that year, he was handed another life sentence, this time without parole, by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for the 2015 rape of a child under the age of 16.

According to the State, on August 22, 2015, Lynch, of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, engaged in sexual penetration with an 11-year-old girl child.

In his appeal documents, the convict claimed that the trial judge had erred in law. He is contending that the sentences were excessive and too severe. As such, he is asking the court to reserve and/or set aside his conviction and sentence in both cases.