CATEGORY:CRIMINAL MATTERS
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INSIDE GRENADA
Tuesday April 03,2007
by Wallace J.A
GRENADA: Twenty-seven year old Nigel Sookram of Conference, St. Andrew’s, was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 18 years in prison for the murder of Joseph John, who was an employee of the Tivoli Gas Station.
The murder of Joseph John was committed when Sookram and an accomplice, Denzil Charles (34) attempted to rob the gas station in December 2005. Charles, who was found guilty on a lesser charge, was sentences to 12 years behind bars. Sookram, who the jury believes would have fired the fatal shot which caused the death of Joseph John, received the longer sentence.
The sentence was handed down yesterday (Monday April 02, 2007) by High Court judge, Justice Kenneth Benjamin. The sentencing brings the February Assizes to an end.
In commenting on the sentence handed down to his client (Sookram), lawyer Anslem Clouden expressed the view that the harshness of the sentence was reflective of community’s revulsion to the murder and is meant to act as a deterrent to those who intend to use firearms to commit crimes.
In my opinion, they should be hung upside down and hit in the head with Hammers, then shot, cut and bled slowly until dead. Suffering is to good for them !
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By: Gem 4/27/2007 11:58:07 PM
kerry i second the motion they should be hang
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By: jackie 4/6/2007 4:46:15 PM
i think that nigga shouuld be shot as well straight away
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By: troy barholomew 4/6/2007 9:02:15 AM
I believe that people who commit murder should get life in prison. The commandment said "thou shall not kill." It aches my heart to see how Grenada crime rate is escalating. Something needs to be done.