Murder conviction overturned and man freed

The Court of Ap­peal has or­dered the re­lease of a man whose mur­der con­vic­tion was based on the ev­i­dence of his cousin.

De­liv­er­ing an oral judg­ment af­ter hear­ing sub­mis­sions at the Hall of Jus­tice in Port of Spain yes­ter­day, Ap­pel­late Jus­tices Mark Mo­hammed, Gillian Lucky and Ricky Rahim up­held Adim "Psy­cho" Re­ece's ap­peal against his con­vic­tion.

The pan­el de­clined to or­der a re­tri­al be­cause Re­ece's cousin, Sher­man Lam­bkin, whose ev­i­dence formed the ba­sis of the case against him, was mur­dered dur­ing a home in­va­sion in April.