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The man who gunned down another in the busy food court at Sheraton Mall in 2019 was given a life sentence with the possibility of release only after he spends another 41 years behind bars. And along with Hakeem Roberto Stuart’s sentence on Friday came a stern warning from Justice Carlisle Greaves to perpetrators of gun crimes bent on terrorising the

The man charged with the brazen daylight murder in the busy Sheraton Centre Mall has been sentenced to life in prison. In addition Justice Carlisle Greaves has told the killer that he must first serve 41 years before he becomes eligible for consideration for release. The judge handed down his decision moments ago in the No 3 Supreme Court. Hakeem Roberto Stuart, 23, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, …

The year 2022 was one of landmark judicial cases. It started with the constitutional challenge to the snap general election called by Prime Minister Mia Mottley, two years before it was constitutionally due. The action brought by attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman on behalf of Philip Catlyn, challenged Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s decision to call the election while the COVID-19 pandemic was raging. The

In one of the most high-profile murder cases adjudicated in the High Court in recent times, Hakeem Roberto Stuart was on Tuesday found guilty of the brazen, daylight killing of Damian Trotman in Sheraton Mall more than three and a half years ago.It took a 12-member jury just over three and a half hours of deliberation to find Stuart guilty, following a trial that lasted four days shy of a month and saw over 50 witnesses giving evidence.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, h...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Donna Babb-Agard KC yesterday implored the 12-member jury to find Hakeem Roberto Stuart guilty after carefully weighing all the evidence. She was delivering her closing argument in the murder trial of Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, who has denied killing Damian Trotman at Sheraton Centre on March 21, 2019. “The state brought this case against the accused and it is therefore …

Murder accused Hakeem Roberto Straker said he is not the man who shot Damian Trotman on March 21, 2019 at Sheraton Centre, Christ Church. From the dock in the No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday, Stuart, 24, recalled his version of what happened that day. Stuart, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, also in Christ Church, has pleaded not guilty to killing 32-year-old Trotman in the food court area of the mall. …

A lawyer who had been retained by murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart today told the court he had complained of being beaten while in police custody.That was the evidence of Rasheeda Edwards, who said Stuart requested to be seen by a medical practitioner and this was eventually granted.Edwards was on the witness stand as the murder trial against Stuart continued in the No.3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of mur...

The prosecution closed its case yesterday against murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart. Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 32-year-old Damian Trotman on March 21, 2019. Trotman, 32, of Highland, St Philip, was gunned down in Sheraton Centre in the area of the food court. King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim along with attorneys Sian Lange and Kamesha Benjamin are expected to begin their …

Murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart was never formally identified as the person who shot and killed Damian Trotman in Sheraton Mall two years ago.That was the admission of lead investigator Inspector Dwayne Cumberbatch when Stuart’s murder trial continued on Monday in the No. 3 Supreme Court.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of murdering Trotman on March 21, 2019.Under cross-examination from Stuart’s attorney-at-law, King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim, Cumbe...

Video evidence was today admitted in the murder trial of Hakeem Roberto Stuart.Sergeant Misheau Walcott, a digital forensic examiner at the Digital Forensic Lab, Regional Security System (RSS), took to the witness stand where he revealed that video footage, images and photos were taken from 11 locations at Sheraton Mall and its environs on the day Damian Trotman was gunned down in the popular Christ Church mall.He was giving evidence as Stuart’s murder trial continued before Justice Carlisle G...