Having gunned down a man in the capital in broad daylight and in full view of the public, a 35-year-old was last week sentenced to 45 years imprisonment for murder. The figure of 45 years was arrived at by the use of sentencing guidelines, which various courts and Judges of the Caribbean are now using to encourage more uniformity in the approach to sentencing, and to help make the process …
Police admits to losing critical records
Defence Attorney Kay Bacchus-Baptiste alluded other anomalies, i.e. strange things, about the evidence that is supposed to inform the case.
By: Haydn Huggins•
Corporal Andy James, the investigator in the murder case of 36-year-old Denzil Sam of Ottley Hall, claims that he lost all his notes in relation to the matter.
Up to press time Tuesday, Sam was being tried at the Criminal Assizes for the murder of Dexter Rodney, who was shot in the stomach and arm just outside the plant shop of Head of the Cannabis Revival Committee (CRC) Junior ‘Spirit’ Cottle, around midday on October 1, 2015.