The Guyana Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of Hansel Lewis from 13 years to ten years for the 2013 New Year’s Day attempted murder of Chris Burrowes.
The Court found that Lewis’ conviction by the jury was sound, but agreed that the sentence was severe and in their view should have been 10 years minus the time served on remand while in pretrial custody.
The appeal was heard before acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justices of Appeal, Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud.