Sentencing in fatal OD death postponed to next week

The sentencing of Albert Lynch of Tilton, convicted of selling fentanyl to a man who overdosed on the opioid drug and died as a result, has been postponed.

Lynch, 50, was due to be sentenced Wednesday in Belknap Superior Court, but the proceeding was rescheduled to next Wednesday, according to Deputy Belknap County Attorney Keith Cormier.

The matter was postponed at the request of Lynch’s defense attorney, according to court records.

A jury found Lynch guilty of sale of a narcotic drug with death resulting, along with related charges of falsifying evidence, possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell, and possession of a controlled drug.

The string of events on the night of Jan. 24-25, 2020 — the providing of drugs, the victim injecting himself with the drugs, and the convulsions which preceded his collapsing unconscious — were captured by a surveillance camera inside Lynch’s Tilton apartment.

Lynch has been held in preventive detention in the Belknap County Corrections facility since his arrest on Jan. 25, 2020.