Tag: Justin Kyle Jackson
Numbers shop killers get 10 and 14 years jail time
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) will serve 14 years and one month in prison while Eric Williams Soto (23) will serve ten years for the manslaughter of retired prison officer Harry Elliott and the possession of a loaded illegal gun during a botched robbery at a numbers shop, run by an ex-cop, on School Road […]
Gunman claimed he was in fear for his life
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson, who alongside Eric Soto is expected to be sentenced on Friday for the manslaughter of retired prison officer Harry Elliott, told the police that days after that fatal shooting, he was armed with a different gun to the one that killed Elliott because he was in fear for his life. Caine […]
Killers ‘deeply remorseful’ as they await sentence
(CNS): Lawyers representing Justin Kyle Jackson (25) and Eric Brian Williams Soto (23) told the court their clients were “deeply remorseful” about the death of Harry Elliott (63), who was shot and killed by Jackson during an attempted robbery at an illegal numbers shop on School Road in April 2022. In November last year, Jackson […]
Soto dodges conviction in gun possession case
(CNS): Eric Brian Williams Soto (23), who was recently convicted of manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of Harry Elliott (63), was acquitted last month of illegal gun charges in relation to another incident. Defence attorney Keith Myers made a successful application during a jury trial that there was no case to answer because the […]
Elliott’s family say he was murdered
(CNS): Family members of Harry Elliott Jr, who was gunned down and killed during a robbery gone wrong at a gambling shop in George Town last year, say the verdict of manslaughter was not what they had hoped for. They believe their loved one was a victim of murder. In a statement sent to CNS, […]
Jackson and Soto found guilty of manslaughter
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) and Eric William Soto (23) have been convicted of manslaughter and the possession of an unlicensed firearm in relation to a robbery gone wrong last summer in which Harry Elliott (63) was shot and killed. The six women and six men of the jury in this trial began deliberations after […]
No evidence Jackson meant to kill, argues lawyer
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) did not intend to kill Harry Elliott (63) when he shot him last summer, his attorney argued when she addressed the jury on his behalf on Tuesday. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC said the prosecution had failed to prove that her client was guilty of murder and failed to consider the evidence […]
Fatal shooting was ‘no accident’, says crown
(CNS): A jury of six men and six women have been asked to find both Justin Kyle Jackson and Eric Brian Williams Soto guilty of murdering Harry Elliott. As Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Candida James-Malcolm gave her closing speech to jurors on Monday, she said the loaded gun that Jackson took to the numbers […]
Soto denies knowledge of gun in fatal robbery
(CNS): Eric Brian Williams Soto (23) denied knowing anything about the gun his partner in crime had brought to a robbery gone wrong in April 2022, in which Harry Elliott was shot and killed. The former prison officer was gunned down in the doorway of a numbers shop, which Soto admits he and Justin Kyle […]
Crown wraps up case against gambling shop killers
(CNS): The crown closed its case against Justin Kyle Jackson and Eric Brian Williams Soto for the murder of Harry Elliott last summer after much of the evidence between prosecutors and the defence attorneys was agreed. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Candia James-Malcolm outlined the basic facts of the case for the jurors, including the […]
Jurors visit scene of gambling shop killing
(CNS): Grand Court spilled out onto the streets of George Town on Monday when the twelve men and women sitting as jurors in the case against Justin Kyle Jackson and Eric Brian Williams Soto for the murder of Harry Elliott last summer visited the scene of the crime. Justice Cheryll Richards, the lawyers, court officials […]
