Teen killer sentence review postponed

ATTORNEYS for convicted teenaged killer Leroy Andrews yesterday submitted that comments made by the trial judge after their client’s sentencing were irrelevant. Arguing their case before Justice Anthony Carmona in the Port-of-Spain Fourth Criminal Court, attorneys Mark Seepersad and Gerald Ramdeen suggested that Carmona exercise caution when considering these comments, since they were made after Andrews had been sentenced and taken away. Andrews’ sentence is being reviewed by Carmona.

Andrews, 30, was found guilty of the murder of Marion Narinesingh in Lopinot and was sentenced at the President’s Pleasure by Justice Lennox Deyalsingh on June 29, 1993.  He escaped the death penalty because he was a minor when he committed the offence. On February 2, 2004, Seepersad and Ramdeen had filed a motion — that under the Children’s Act, their client’s detention was unconstitutional because it contradicted the rule of separation of powers. Andrews should have been detained at the Court’s Pleasure, the attorneys said. When the matter came up before Madame Justice Mira Dean Armorer, she upheld Andrews’ motion. The matter will be next heard on March 23.