The first appeal by the prosecution against a murder sentence in Jamaica is to be heard today (Monday).
The hearing will be held via video-conference in the Court of Appeal.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be seeking to have the 12-year prison term handed down against Westmoreland man Lindell Powell significantly increased.
Powell was sentenced in December last year following his guilty plea for two counts of murder.
The sentences are to run concurrently so Powell will serve 12 years.
The appeal will be the first since last November's passage of the Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Act, giving the Office of the DPP the right of appeal.
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