THE Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction and sentence of a man, who was found guilty in 2022 of murdering seven-year-old Abigail Norman during a 2008 shooting in Penal.

Adrian Mohammed, who was 17 at the time of the incident, had been sentenced to detention at the court’s pleasure under the Children Act, with a minimum of 20 years, after he was convicted at a judge-only trial in 2022. Mohammed, of Sunrees Branch Road, Penal, was accused of storming a house at King Street, Penal, with another, killing Norman and wounding her eight-month pregnant cousin.

Abigail was shot in her neck when two gunmen stormed her cousin's home, where she was spending some time, and started shooting randomly. Mohammed appealed his conviction and sentence, and on June 26, Justices of Appeal Gillian Lucky, Malcolm Holdip and Carla Brown-Antoine allowed his appeal and ordered a retrial.