A young father who “panicked” after dropping his three-month-old daughter eight years ago and withheld information about the fall has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Akida Javonne Bradshaw of Sturges, St Thomas on Monday admitted to the offence in connection with the May 2, 2015 death of Akela Bradshaw.The plea was accepted by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alliston Seale who said Bradshaw’s actions were “gross negligence”.“Although dropping a baby in an accident is not really an offence, it is the action surrounding the whole scenario – the withholding of pertinent information – that amounted to manslaughter by gross negligence, in that he contributed in some way to his daughter’s demise by not telling persons involved that his child had fallen,” the prosecutor said after outlining the facts of the case before Madam Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell.Seale told the court that the toddler’s mother left her in the care of Bradshaw, who was 23 years old at
If killer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince isn’t mad, then he is just wicked. It is to find out which one he is, said Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale, that he is in favour of the court’s request for a psychiatric report. Seale was making his submissions on sentence as he called for Ince to be imprisoned for life by the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday. Ince, of Nursery …
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale says Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince’s “calculated murder” of 75-year-old Marcelle Smith passes the threshold for him to serve a life sentence.
But the killer’s defence lawyer Safiya Moore believes a sentence of 30 to 40 years in prison would be sufficient.
The two made the submissions before Justice Randall Worrell on Monday in the No.
Attorneys for both sides will make their sentencing submissions today when self-confessed murderer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince returns to the No. 2 Supreme Court. Ince, of Nursery No. 2, Four Roads, St Philip, pleaded guilty to the non-capital murder of 75-year-old Marcelle Claudia Smith, between October 12 and October 25, 2015. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale, along with State Counsel Anastacia McMeo and Paul Prescod, appeared for the …
Self-confessed murderer Cheriss Ricardo Omar Ince will be back in court this week after his matter was adjourned by the No. 2 Supreme Court last Friday. Ince, of Nursery No. 2, Four Roads, St Philip, pleaded guilty to the non-capital murder of 75-year-old Marcelle Claudia Smith, between October 12 and October 25, 2015. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale appeared for the State, while Ince was represented by attorney …