Sentenced to 83 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Michael Persaud has appealed his sentence, arguing among other things that Justice Navindra Singh who conducted his trial, committed a number of errors which has resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
And as raised against this judge in several other appeals in recent weeks, Persaud, through his attorney, is also arguing that the sentence imposed by Justice Singh is not only severe, but is without legal basis and does not follow established sentencing guidelines.
Like appellants in other cases, Persaud is complaining that the mathematical formula used by Justice Singh in arriving at his sentences is not only inconsistent with current sentencing practices, but that the judge failed to adequately mitigate his sentence.