The murder of Mark Walton was an “arrogant execution of a peaceful, law-abiding citizen” which deserves nothing less than life imprisonment. So said Justice Carlisle Greaves as he sentenced killers Rashayne Aneil Blenman and Romario Antonio Clarke to that term when they appeared in the No. 3 Supreme Court. “This was an offence committed against a young man, with a family, who sought to do nothing more than be an …
Two young men deemed “too dangerous” to be allowed to walk among law-abiding citizens of this country have been sentenced to life in prison.
However, Rashayne Aneil Blenman, 26, and Romario Antonio Clarke, 28, both of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James will only have just over 11 years and 24 years, respectively, left to spend behind bars before they can
A 12-member jury yesterday took less than two hours to find Romario Antonio Clarke guilty of non-capital murder. The 28-year-old, of Risk Road, St James, was found guilty of murdering Mark Walton on August 4, 2014. Walton was shot about the body on that Kadooment Day while in an altercation with Clarke and Rashayne Aniel Blenman. Blenman, also of Risk Road, had on Monday changed his plea from not guilty …
One of the two men accused of murdering Mark Walton eight years ago brought an abrupt end to his case on Monday, just one week into the trial.When the case resumed before the 12-member jury and Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court, Rashayne Aneil Blenman, of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James, through his attorneys Andrew Pilgrim K.C. and Kamisha Benjamin, asked to be re-arraigned.He then pleaded not guilty to murdering Walton on August 4, 2014, but guilty to the charge of non-capital murder.The 26-year-old Blenman, who had been on bail, was remanded and is now set to be sentenced on January 20, next year.However, his co-accused Romario Antonio Clarke, 28, also of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James, continued with his trial and gave an unsworn statement from the dock.He denied shooting Walton, a 23-year-old watersports operator.
An eyewitness told the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday that he was a mere few feet away from an altercation which led to the death of Mark Walton eight years ago. The witness testified that he was standing at a bus stop moments before the incident involving Walton, and murder accused Romario Antonio Clarke and Rashayne Aniel Blenman. The two men have both pleaded not guilty to murdering Walton, of …