BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – SEVEN convicts are expected to be sentenced on Monday October 31st, at the Basseterre High Court by His Lordship Justice Errol Thomas.
The convicts, who are all unrepresented by counsel and were either found guilty for their crimes by a 12-member jury or pleaded guilty to their crime during this assizes, will have to ask his Lordship for mercy and leniency.
Devon Willaims of Sandy Point was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, after the jury returned a unanimous verdict on Oct. 6.
The trial began on Tuesday, Oct. 4 and Crown Counsel Garth Wilkin was the prosecutor in the matter and called a total of 13 witnesses to give evidence.
The prosecution proved that Williams did hit Brombill on Aug. 11, 2009 in Sandy Point, while driving on the Island’s Main Road. After the car struck Brombill, eye witnesses said it fled the scene.
Brombill was struck by a motorcar bearing registration number R173 which was first reported to be driven by Jevon Allen of Old Road. Brombill was pronounced dead on the scene.
Williams claimed that he was not driving the car and that when he first told police that he was driving, it was lie because he was being threatened.
Mario Harvey who is already spending a ten-year sentence for a joint buggery conviction, pleaded guilty to raping a female sometime between April 1-29, 2010 at Stone Fort Flats.
The female is said to be handicapped.
Akeem Christopher and Curtis Isaac were jointly convicted of building breaking and larceny at Evelyn’s Grouping, located at the Paul Southwell Industrial Site.
They stole a number of items totaling EC$351. 95 and among the items were a microphone, a khaki pant and 18 CD’s.
Akiel Warner and Glenville Isaac will also be sentenced today after being found guilty for two counts of robbery.
Both robberies occurred on Station Street, Old Road on November 20, 2010. The prosecution team was led by the Director of Public Prosecution, Paulina Hendrickson who proved that Warner and Isaac, armed with a bottle and knife, robbed Le-jorne Johnson and his friend Terrance Francis.
The first count of robbery was committed against Johnson when they robbed him of EC$30 and a Motorola phone, all to the value of EC$680.
In terms of the second count, it is alleged that the twosome then robbed Francis of EC$350 and his blackberry phone, all to the total value of EC$1,100.
According to the evidence, both Johnson and Francis were in Old Road and had just bought something to eat when they were approached by both accused.
After they were robbed by the accused, they were told to leave Old Road and not go to the police. Warner and Isaac also made sure Johnson and Francis did not go to the police by following them to catch a bus.
Finally, Clive Grant of La Guerite, who was found guilty will be sentenced for his burglary conviction.
A 10-2 decision was returned on Oct. 11, after the prosecution team which was led by Crown Counsel Rhonda Nisbett-Browne rested its case.
The prosecution proved that on January 21, 2011, Grant broke into the New Pond Site home of Trevor ‘Jamsta’ Woodley and stole a Sony Ericsson cellular phone worth EC$700.
The trial began on Friday, Oct. 7, and Grant who was unrepresented maintained his innocence stating that on the date in question when he was apprehended by police, he was on his way home.
Woodley testified in court and said that while at home he heard a sound and went to investigate and saw a man crouched over in his kitchen.
He said that the burglar grabbed his wife’s bag but dropped it as he fled the scene. Woodley said that he observed the cellular phone which was charging at the time, missing and immediately made a report.
Grant was later spotted by police in the Greenlands area. When they called out to him, Grant began running and hid from the police.
The cellular phone which belonged to Woodley was found in Grant’s possession by Police along with a screwdriver, crowbar and knife in a backpack.
Grant said he worked in the construction field and that the phone that was allegedly found in his possession did not belong to him nor had he seen it before.
He said that if he had taken the cellular phone, he would have thrown it away when the police were chasing him as he allegedly did with some marijuana he had on him.
The clothing which was described by Woodley that the burglar wore was also different from those in which Grant was found wearing.
Grant was wearing a white shirt when police apprehended him and he also had a brown shirt in his bag while Woodley said he wore a gray shirt.
In his closing remarks to the jury, Grant said that it was a very serious case and pointed out the discrepancy in the dress code of the burglar and himself.
Grant also faces one more charge of being found in possession of housebreaking implements that may be called during the 2011 Criminal Assizes.
