Twenty-five-year-old Timothy McKenzie now awaits sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him for the 2018 killing of Richard Noel.
Following hours of deliberations at the High Court in Demerara, the panel returned with its verdict acquitting McKenzie of the capital offence, but finding him guilty on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Justice Sandil Kissoon who presided over the trial has, however, deferred sentencing to November 3rd, for the presentation of a probation and other social impact reports.
At his arraignment last month, McKenzie denied the capital charge levelled against him, which stated that he murdered Noel on June 4th, 2018, at Stabroek Market, Georgetown.
Noel, called ‘Nippo,’ formerly of Lot 39 William Street, Kitty, was stabbed in the chest during an encounter with his assailant.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted in a critical condition, but succumbed to his injury the same day.
McKenzie was represented by defence attorney Ronald Daniels, while the State’s case was led by Prosecutor Muntaz Ali.
