BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – AFTER the sentencing hearing of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused were postponed last Thursday (Mar. 27), Justice Lennox Campbell will today (Apr. 3) make a decision on how many years the men will serve.
According to the Jamaican Observer, Justice Campbell will later today hand down the much awaited sentences on Kartel and his three co-accused in the High Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.
“The judge last week Thursday postponed the sentencing after defence attorneys informed him that they were not in receipt of a letter he had instructed be sent to them seeking their assistance on sentencing guidelines”, the Observer reported.
The media house also reported that the said letter has since been delivered and the convicted men, Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer, Shaun 'Storm' Campbell, Kahira Jones and André St John, would today know how long they will spend behind bars before they are eligible for parole.
The four entertainers were convicted for the August 16, 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams. Since they were convicted of murder in the Home Circuit Court two weeks ago, all of them had signalled their intention to appeal the conviction.
