Tag: murder trial
Killer to serve at least 31 years for murder at GT club
(CNS): Shaun Antonio Jackson (23) has been handed a life sentence and will serve at least 31 years before he can even be considered for release for the murder of Randy Kelsey Robinson (37), who was stabbed to death during a fight at a George Town bar in May last year. Jackson was charged alongside […]
Man denies murder during 2022 West Bay fight
(CNS): Kirk Lindsay Watler (54) from Bodden Town pleaded not guilty to murder when he appeared via video link from HMP Northward in Grand Court on Friday. Watler is accused of killing George Ian Duffell (51) in October 2022 when he stabbed him during a late-night confrontation in a West Bay yard on Birch Tree […]
Double murder trial delayed over forensic evidence
(CNS): Wayne Bellafonte Jr (32), from North Side, who was due to stand trial later this month for the murder of both Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) in a drive-by shooting back in July 2021, has had the case postponed for at least the third time until later this year. Bellafonte’s lawyers […]
One man found guilty of murder as co-accused acquitted
(CNS): Shaun Antonio Jackson has been convicted of the murder of Randy Kelsey Robinson, who was stabbed to death during a fight at a George Town bar earlier this year. Jackson was charged with murder alongside Matthew Glasgow and Jonathan Alexander Woodhouse, but both of those men were acquitted of killing Robinson outside the Caribe […]
Defendant wins appeal for KC in murder retrial
(CNS): The Grand Court has overturned a decision by the Legal Aid director not to fund a King’s Counsel from the UK for a man facing a second trial for murder. Javon James Dixon successfully appealed the decision in the Grand Court, arguing that there were no KCs on the island who would be able […]
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 […]
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 […]
Men deny murdering Robinson outside GT nightclub
(CNS): Jonathan Alexander Woodhouse (28) from West Bay, Shaun Antonio Jackson (22) and Matthew Glasgow (26), both from Bodden Town, have all denied murdering Randy Kelsey Robinson (37) and wounding another man outside the Carib Café in May. Robinson was stabbed multiple times outside the nightclub on Shedden Road in George Town.
