EMANJOE Forbes has had his day in court, again; this time appealing a conviction that he grievously harmed Andrew Parker aka ‘Lumps’ in 2014.
Forbes was convicted by a jury in Grand Turk Supreme Court and sentenced to 10 years in prison for the offence.
The incident occurred at Club 2005 on December 27, 2014, at the same time and place where young Kentley Walters was knifed to death.
Walters was one of many injured in a violent fight which broke out at the Downtown night club.
In the appellate court this past week, the three justices heard the submissions by Forbes’ lawyer and the Crown.
While the justices were not too keen on the appeal against the conviction, they were quite interested in the sentence appeal.
Justice Elliot Mottley expressed that he did not approve of the sentencing judge saying he was sending a message out with the sentence.
The justices also accepted that the ten-year sentence for the offence is long for the TCI jurisdiction.
They are expected to hand down their decision on the matter next week.
