KINGSTOWN (CMC): A High Court judge has sentenced a mentally ill man, who killed one person and injured two others on a “day of mayhem and violence” in the capital, to 12 years and eight months in prison. Justice Richard Floyd imposed the longest.
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A “mentally ill” man was sentenced to just over 12 years in prison for striking a man to death with a piece of metal pipe, and for wounding and assaulting two other people with the same weapon. Cornelius “Power” Kennedy of Lowmans Hill, Kingstown, appeared at High Court #2 before Justice Richard Floyd on Tuesday March 26, 2024, for sentencing in regard to the charges of manslaughter, wounding, and assault.
A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of 53-year-old Lanceworth Wilson last Wednesday. Cornelius ‘Power’ Kennedy, a labourer of Lowmans Hill/Kingstown is charged that he caused the death of Wilson, a labourer of Paul’s Avenue, by an unlawful act. Kennedy allegedly struck Wilson about his head with a piece of metal pipe on November 2, 2021. The incident is said to have occurred in the vicinity …