David Cox Sentenced To Life In Prison
David Cox was today [July 19] sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 47-year-old Raymond Troy “Yankee” Rawlins. The Judge ordered that Mr Cox must serve a minimum of 38 years in prison before he can be considered for parole.
On August 9th 2010, Mr Rawlins was gunned down in the entrance of Spinning Wheel nightclub on Court Street. Mr Cox was arrested shortly after the shooting, and charged with murder on August 25th 2010.
During the trial the court heard that Mr Rawlins was shot 16 times, viewed the CCTV footage of the shooting and heard that Mr Cox’s DNA was found on both a baseball cap found by the crime scene and a glove found by the getaway car.
Testimony was also presented that the guns used to kill Mr Rawlins were used in a number of other shootings, and that Mr Rawlins had ties to Parkside, while Mr Cox was said to have ties to 42nd.
On June 10, 2011 the jury convicted Mr Cox by unanimous verdict. After the verdict Mr Cox’s lawyer asked that sentencing be delayed in order to allow mitigating factors to be submitted, and Mr Cox was remanded in custody until his sentencing today.
Speaking after Mr Cox was found guilty last month Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro said, “We have put a very dangerous man behind bars. Make no mistake, Bermuda is a very much safer place today with Mr Cox convicted for this murder. This was a brutal assassination of an unarmed and defenseless man.”
Detective Pedro and Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield speak after the verdict last month:
Although Mr Cox was the only person on trial, there were two gunmen involved in Mr Rawlins murder. No one else has been charged in relation to the murder at this time, however after the verdict last month Detective Pedro said, “We move on to the second shooter, and there will be more to follow in that regard.”
Mr Cox will be eligible for parole in 2049 when he is 70 years old. At the present estimate of $80,000 per year for each prisoner, housing Mr Cox will cost the taxpayer over $3 million.
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..I guess this is the part where we see the empty, meaningless gestures of “Keep ya head up” and “stand firm Coxy”. Utter nonsense. Well done to the Police service, courts, prosecutors and of course the witnesses that made this possible. I, for one, am glad that justice has been served.
My comments are only intended to address the Bernews reference to $80,000.
The often quoted cost of $80,000 per year to house a prisoner is misleading. It is calculated as the total cost of running the prisons divided by the number of prisoners. In order to reduce costs, we would have to reduce the number of prison officers and related costs.
If we are realistic, having one less prisoner will have a very minor impact on the cost of running the prison. Chances are that there will be no impact since we will still have the same number of prison officers, food costs etc.
In order to have a real impact on prison costs, we will have to find a way to substantially reduce the inmate population to the extent that we will require less prison officers since salaries and related expenses are the most significat portion of the cost of running the service.
About time someone was giving life for taking a life!
R.I.P. Yankee
38 years and no contact with a female. Oh well I guess he’s already hand picked his boyfriend.
he runs the place..been there often..
I guess that’s why those guys practice walking around with their pants down advertising their bums
Am i the only one that kind of feels sorry that this guy has to spend basically the rest of his functional life in jail? 38 years without parole he’ll be 70 when he gets out. I agree that he’s a murderer and he doesn’t have the right to take anothers like but shocks. I think the death penalty would be more moral than this sort of suffering. Is it really worth wasting two lives? For some reason i feel it is inhumane to lock someone up for more than 20-25 years, i think death would be more ethical.
shutup, you sound so stupid -__- LET THE B$STARD SUFFER!
The thing is, he won’t be suffering! They even get KFC some days to eat up there. They get given food, water, exercise, visitors, can watch tv, even manage to get drugs. So he’ll be living his life the same way, just in prison. No rehabilitation, no education, nothing. Just a waste of taxpayers money to keep him alive.
I don’t feel sorry for him. Who I feel sorry for are those who are left to mourn the loss of a loved one. 20-25 years from now, he will still be dead and there will be those who will still miss him. What is inhumane is shooting someone in cold blood and until his life leaves his body. Locking that person up for life, is justice.
I don’t feel sorry for ANYONE. Both the dead man and the shooter were no good. And now Bermuda is left with three million dollars worth of damage because of these peoples affiliations with gangs. We should have saved ourselves 3 million and just lethally injected Mr Cox right then and there. Actually scratch that, lethally inject every no good gang member in Bermuda. Be done with them all.
I agree why we acting like one was better then the other… one was just luckier than the other
Your absolutely right
Totally agree
I dont think that its cruel to lock a person up for that long at all, you do sound a little crazy in that regard. What I do agree with is the death penalty. He should be shot one-and-done. It saves money, plain and simple. He’s going to be off the streets when he is in prison, but he will waste $3 million as bernews notes. Kill him, as he has killed and waste no money from our already debted funds.
Wait a minute here, Get a clue: this man’s been sentenced to at least 38 years of 3 square meals a day, a guaranteed bed every night, a roof over his head, no more worries about paying rent or bills, and all the other perks of life in the West End Hilton: and you’re SORRY for him? YOUR tax dollars are helping to pay for HIS board & lodgings for the next 38 years, and you’re sorry for HIM? Maybe you’d like to change places with him?
Mind you, I do agree with your last remark “I think death would be more ethical.” I’m one of those old-fashioned individuals who think that, if you take a life, your own should be forfeit unless you can come up with a BLOODY good excuse, like maybe self-defence (which obviously wouldn’t apply in this case). This murderer (there’s no other way to describe him) is very lucky that Bermuda’s laws are so wishy-washy that he’s still alive to enjoy the next 38 years of comparative ease. No, don’t feel sorry for him: feel sorry for the family of the bloke he killed!
You’re right about that – not to mention not having to pay child support and the potential that his kid/kids will possibly grow up and join the next generation of menaces! Truly sad. He can still “run” things from behind bars. That’s just the way it goes. Shouldnt it be an eye for an eye?! Send his behind to a remote island with no visitors and let him experience death on Earth!
westgates been his home a lot in the last 15 year so hes good
Yup …youre the only one.
I feel sad for both parties. One man is dead, and angered someone so much that they wanted to shoot him…. and the other had enough hate in him to kill…..
sad.
Yep.
He has sort of a a Poo Poo Look on his face…like it’s starting to hit him that he’s gonna be locked up for life…..
His sentence should have also included him talking to future West Gate candidates on the dangers of envy and grudge.
The saying goes ” You live by the sword you die by the sword”. This guy knew what he was getting himself into, I don’t feel sorry for him. I really feel sorry for myself, and all the other hard working citizens trying to do the right thing. Here bussing my 4ss to survive, now I got to support his stupid 4ss for 30 yrs plus. In a way im feeling that Death penalty, serious!!!!
On a Next level though R.I.P OG .. Your greatly missed
80,000 to sustain one prisoner? How is it possible that I live on less then that a year and I’m paying for everything myself, no husband or the likes a single woman….? There is something terribly wrong that it cost that much to keep a prisoner? He deservees to be in prison, but i think we need a revamp of what it is we provide in prison. You should be made to pay for your crime, not live the life of riley while those outside have a lot less…
Agreed!
Some of µ people should shut up!!!!! Yes its sad that he died but as the saying goes you live by the sword µ die by the sword, plain n simple.
AMEN! had it comin to him!!
I’m tired of ppl saying he didn’t deserve it, well when you’ve seen first hand the sh*t that yankee has done then you would understand. So for me Its personal cause of what the decesed done to my family. Everything he did to ppl of the years finally caught up to him!!!!!!!
I definitely gotta agree with you LMNOP. He was [edited for legal reasons]. Live by the sword you die by the sword SIMPLE!!!! What goes around comes around. It might not happen today or tomorrow but it WILL happen.
i agree!!! he himself ruined A LOT OF FAMILIES!!!
I agree LMNOP!! yankee was an EVIL SOB!! Now all of a sudden because he is dead that automatically makes him a saint?! Give me a break people! Although i dont normally agree with murder i say David Cox did us all a favor(if he is the real killer). Yankee ruined hundreds of families on this island….so do i feel sorry for the fact that he is now dead? HELL NO!!!!!
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT NASTY RAT HAS [edited for legal reasons] THE DAMN LIST GOES ON AND ON! HE IS RITE WERE HE NEEDS TO BE IN THE PITS OF HELL! SO EVERYONE TALKN LIKE HE WAS SOME AMAZING PERSON WHO DNE THINGS FOR HIS COMMUNITY NEED TO CLOSE THEIR TRAP CUZ ALL HE HAS DNE ARE WAT I HAVE LISTED ABOVE!!! HOW CAN A FORTY SOMETHING SO CALLED MAN WANT TO BE A BLADDY LEADER OF 20 YEAR OLDS GANSG. HE SHOULD HAVE GROWN UP N GOT A LIFE!!!
the reason why he has a smirk on his face is because he will be doing his time in bermuda instead of one of toughest prisons in the world
$80,000 IS RIDICULOUS All the money being put in to these re-offending a$$hole can be paying for the education of our students our future. I can only believe the amount was printed to see the response from the public….and you got it. We have to many student struggling to pay for their education yet we are shelling out this money for them. HALF the people in Bermuda dont even make $80,000 a year. WTF am I not getting here. BERMUDA IS TRULY ANOTHER WORLD wake up and STOP SPOILING THESE C%$TS!!!!!
One things for sure Cox’s ,you’ll be seeing a lot of those over the years . Now ask your stupid self ‘Was Yankee Worth It ‘? I,m glad the judge had the balls to break his friggin foot off in this bye’s backside . NEEXXTT
Can’t we just save the three million and… y’know… “Gotta go, gotta go.”
He jus done what every other underground guy wanted to do for many years but nobody had d balls to do it. Real people know wat I’m talking. It was a long time coming. Um trust talking the truth. Coxys where his use to. KEEPIN IT 100
I know exactly what you are talking about. These damn people need to wake up!
Empora’s right…no doubt Cox will make the most of his time…he’s already an established “bull” at Westgate. He’ll probably have his already incarcerated minions do his bidding from the minute he arrives and he’ll have some type of racket set up in no time within the walls of the prison. I say put him in the hole (isolation for those who don’t know)…no care packages, no money, no visitors, nothing! Hell, don’t even let him shower…let him rot in his own stink. Perpetrators of premeditated murder don’t deserve any rights. Oh…and all you idiots who are supporting Cox, you’ll probably end up keeping him company, so good luck to ya! Maybe you’ll end up being his punk…won’t that be fun?
Where’s the “like” button for this. Seriously, can’t believe people admit to having those types of affiliations. Those are the people ruining what Bermuda used to be. Friendly and respectful people and a safe place for everyone who lives there. Why would anyone want to be a part of the problem?
The thing is, Terri, that people like him don’t see themselves as part of any problem. It’s everyone else that is the “problem”…those with wealth, position and prestige in the community. They have neither the wherewithal nor the will to attain these things legitimately, so they choose the backside of the law to make their way in the world. They usually know they’re completely screwed up, but their way of dealing with it is to cause as much mayhem as they can because they believe that it’s everyone else’s fault things didn’t go their way somewhere in their history, so bugger the rules of civilized society.
Onion, Terri. Couldn’t agree with you more.
Like!!
At the end of the day this is for all of you saying serves you right..so what if he just can’t get up and go to Hamilton when he feels like it or go to a concert or a dance..Guaranteed he will be living a lot better than some of your neighbours…he doesn’t have to worry about where his next meal is coming from, he doesn’t have to worry about his lights being cut off or running out of water, he has no medical bills to worry about, gets to go to the dentist, he has company (other inmates), able to work out, able to study, get a degree and the list goes on and on….he will be living better than most of us………..
Yes, it’s true he may have all those things available to him. But…and it’s a big but…at the end of the day, it’s the loss of freedom that does the prisoner in. That is what messes up their minds; that is what drives them to one form of insanity or another. Prison is no picnic, even to those who profess that they like it “inside”. It’s hard work keeping your position in the prison hierarchy. They are always on edge, looking over their shoulder for that one person who has it in for them (and there will always be someone). They have no choice in what or when they eat, when they can bathe, how they dress, what activities they can engage in…the list goes on and on. They work out because they have to be physically strong to maintain their personal power base. Most inmates with long or “life” sentences read and study because they’re bored, not because they want to improve themselves. They take on activities available to them as a coping mechanism so they don’t have to think about how wasted their lives are. While initially it may seem like a big game, but when they finally realize that this is their life for a very, very long time, they don’t like it…it’s merely what they know.
Sounds like the U.S. Army to me. >.< No Freedom!
I understand what you are saying all too well…but there are some who are living like that outside of the confines of prison bars also..so really I ask again..what is he losing…..we’re paying towards it…..and some of these things, time controlled or not are perks to others…..we have some who are not eating, not showering, no lights and the like…he’s having it alll…..
Cripes, I hate having to repeat myself… It is the loss of “freedom”. Do you understand what that is? Yes, he has showers, food, lights, blah, blah, blah. And yes, some people don’t even have that. But what they do have is the freedom to move about the island or travel at will; they have the freedom to associate with whom they please; if they want to eat a pizza or cassava pie, etc., they can. They can embrace their loved ones and see their children grow. They can take in a movie or cultural event of their choice. They can go for a swim at Elbow Beach or walk along the Railway Trail whever the mood strikes. The list is long of what constitutes real freedom, but hopefully you get the gist of what I’m saying here. It’s the small every-day freedoms that these convicts have lost and that, as I said earlier, is what hurts them most. Don’t believe me? Go so something grossly illegal, get yourself caught and convicted and spend a couple of years or more in prison. Then come back here and tell me he’s “having it all”.
Can some one in government break down the $80,000 a year for a prisoner. WTH are thy eating and getting? Steak, lobster, godiva chocolate etc? Is the prison shopping at Miles or Supermart. Bermy needs to serve bologna sandwiches for breakast lunh and dinner like a prison i saw n TV. The prisoners sleep on cots under a tent outside and wear pink overalls n pink boxes n flip flops. Or send them away to a prison in Santo Domingto where your family has to send money monthly so the prisoner can get meat on Sundays.
Prison staff gotta get paid and miscellaneous things run the cost up quick.
Stay up Coxy!!! Go west a run tings!! Let them know who’s BOSS!!! Ya still breathing bra!!! Can’t nothing bring you down! Ya got life even though you’ll be doing time!! Nuff respect! And all you rawtick people save ya comments! I don’t wanna hear it
dead and gone is exactly where u and “Coxy” need to be…DEAD and GONE!! get over yourself and practice what you preach…save your comments!! you got some nerve telling people save their comments when you got nothing but BS coming out your mouth. As if we wanna hear it!!
what a waste of air!!
@ dead and gone…u sound like your brain and moral aptitude is DEAD and GONE! yeah Cox will run things….just like a dog chained in his masters back yard runs in a circle barking at passing vehicles cause he “runs things” in his little depressing world of confinement! u have a SUCKA mentality! go read a book brah! maybe somethin by W.E. Dubois or the like cause your mind sounds like its in as much bondage as Cox’s physical body! Matta fact go listen to some Marley and free yo self from mental slavery!
Ya, that’s right, big ya boy up… He’s going nowhere, just like it sounds like you will be if you keep following the likes of that through life. Don’t you have any desire to travel the world and be a good person? Well that won’t happen when you get stuck on the ban list for the US and Canada. You’ll be stuck on this rock for the rest of your life! Might as well be in prison!
Prisoners should be forced to do manual labor, have limited 3 minute showers with hot water, grow their own food, use lamps and the like to pay for their own room and board…No TV, books only….
well said well said
Do not forget he will be paid while doing his time $3.00 a week if he works or $1.50 if he does not’t add that up. He will have money when he leave jail.
A sad lonely horribleway to spend your living days on earth then get out an old man ,what was worth all that.
why does Bda parole murderers and rapists had he had done this anywhere else that is it automatic 150 years
Because we live in a special place where the majority can’t stand the sight of their ‘own’ getting what they deserve for depraved criminal acts. No accountability and a blame everything else mentality. Look where it’s gotten us … the ‘victim mentality’ .
Yeah, it’s a “sad horrible way” to spend a life. Booo freakin’ hooo!!! He chose his own fate and I’m sure he’s long since justified his actions and will continue to do so to anybody who pays him any mind (like some of the morons supporting him here). He’s probably as proud as a peacock over what he’s done and already begun regaling his fellow inmates with how the dirty deed was accomplished. As absurd as it sounds, he’ll probably be considered a hero to a certain segment of the population and will take pride in instilling awe and fear in certain fellow inmates…he’ll be the “big man” at Westgate, a legend in his own time…that’s the payoff! That’s how people like him think and act…trust me, I know. Whatever is sad or horrible about his remaining years, it still won’t be enough to balance the scales. Too bad they can’t put him in Casemates with the rats to chew on his nether bits as he’s sleeping…
I only wish i could like some of your comments It is heartening to see some of my countrymen have a genuine concern for justice the rule of law and sympathy for those hurt by senseless violence.
And yes he has a lot of time to question was Yankeees life worth the time he will spend in jail? I think not.
R.I.P. Yankee you may have run your game but you never did me wrong.
I don’t see any gang signs being thrown up.
Kill the son of a b….., not worth living, Yankee was alright, he was living his life and another jealous no good son of a b had to take it and thats what all these gun slingers are just jealous bast..ds with no education and religion beliefs and take a look at all the culprits, caught, look at the parents, hello!!
Yo, I don’t wish death on anybody. But I knew Yank, and he was one evil son of a B!!! No disrespect to anyone on here nor the family, but truth is truth and it will set you free. I think Bermuda is a safer place with Yank 6ft under ground. He lived his life at the expense of others mate.
You sound like an onlooker who pretends they know people.
I AGREE WHOLE HEARTEDLY with u Stop Point ya Fingers. Clearly that person does not know him.
SHUT THE HELL UP U DAMN FOOL HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED N THATS WHY HE IS WERE HE IS!!!! POINT BLANK!!!
I’m confused Cox got 38 yrs and Salessie got what a slap on the wrist…I’m baffled!!!!!!
It sure sucks to be Coxy! Coxy sucks! Hahahahahahahhahaaaahahahahahaha! Ha! Eh hemmmm!!!! Excuse me.
Yo uknow whats sad, to here Cox got 38 years to life for a murder, but when guys from parkside go up for murder they only get 15 years or some low number like that. Where is the consistency?? Murder is murder no matter how it is committed. Its just a shame that he must serve 38 years to life whuile others only get a light spanking. Grow some balls Bermuda and show some consistency!!!
Well said……where is the consistency???????
AGREE!!!
To all who feel he will suffer……HE WONT West Gate is not a maximum security prison, they are allowed to call home and a lot of them have blackberrys in their cells. So he wont be missing out on much! Weed, Liquor and a good bit of his friends will be there! Sad but true.
With the mixed emotions of frustration and relief bouncing off the walls, keep in mind many of us “good’ citizens live in glass houses, just some glass is thicker than others. Neither of these men contributed to society in the way that was productive and with both of them off the streets is almost insignificant compared to what we face ahead. I’m happy our daughters/sons may be lucky enough to never meet any of these men, but before we throw stones, let this be a reminder of where we are today and what we’ve allowed.
This is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree with tired.
They were both hard core criminals, he gets 38 years for killing a GANG Leader and Ze Salasi who brutally murdered a little girl and her unborn child and all the pedophiles get no time while the children whose innocence is lost suffers and all you idiots are round here worrying about career criminals who i might add probably supplied half of you with drugs!!!!!!!!
The judge needs to lose his job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally ridiculous, that’s who you should be writing and talking about. Get a clue and comment about something meaningful.
@Stop pointing ya Fingers… I agree with your comment! the reason parkside gets less time all the time is because they’re all punks and when that get in a room with 4 walls their all up in there “SNITCHING” PUNKSSSS thats what they are. Try to go around here being a gansta but theyre really not. I wont be surprised if they’re somebodies B*tch either!!!
@tired… i agree with your comment! it just makes you wonder hey?! smh Thats some Unbeleivable!
i personally don’t feel sorry for either the victim in this case or the murderer i also feel that it was not his right to take a life but when you live in that lifestyle that is some of the consequences you face. the ultimate people i feel sorry for are the children of these two men. they have to now live with fact that there fathers are not going to be in there lives. i am all for what goes around comes back around. that can be true but no human has the right to take a life. that is left up to a higher power. this murderer david cox needs to sit in jail for a very long time and should ask himself if it was all worth it. he may get respect from his boys like he took out the top dog but the down fall to that is he will spend the rest of his life in jail for it. if you was a real ganster you would have commited the crime and got away with it,but u didn’t,so do your time and get over it.
little broke ass freaks, wanabe gansters all of them,
waste of life all of them, stupit
little boys,and the stupid lil chicken head girls that like them
take em all out to the channel and sink em alive
42 and park side,, an’t to many of you freaks left,,,, only a matter of time,,,bet on that
hope you guys fate is a horible one..
should i name the ones that are left by name an rank? or i cant do that here?
they are domestic terrorist,, why do we stand for it? we out number them, im talking to the real bredrens the tired guys, how long would it take a couple truck loads of tired soilders to take em out,, in horrific ways,,
with no thought or justice
selling coke or dope or crack to people makes you an evil person automaticly,,
who disagrees? peoples sons daughters moms dads on side of street leaning up against a wall half sleep,, dribbling,, cause this guy wants to have more he gona f up someones life,, ya right
who wants there little girl go out like that?
Can someone tell me how much time did Antonio Myers get for the murder of Kumi Harford???????
Bermuda needs to wake up! We need to not focus on the fact that David is going to Jail. Instead, we need to put in place programmes for prevention of our youth in following in his foot steps. We are normal functioning members of society and can learn a lot from David and like minded people. They dont become socially defiant over night, this is something that deveolps over time. We need to question David, we need to get inside the mind of this “killer” find out why he is the way he is, and ensure that bermuda doesn’t loose another black male!
If businesses would hire young black males like myself with or without a criminal record will change alot. Most of us only do certain things to survive, ya got to understand its hard living in this expensive island with no steady source of income. It makes us predators, then society wonders “why”???? Money!! “MONEY” is the rout to all eveil, if we cant make it we sure as hell going to take it thats just the way it is. WE GOTA EAT!!! Sorry if it means we gota live a life of crime. Somebody going to do it!!
Streets, that is such a crock of doo-doo, I can smell it from here. If people sincerely wants to work, they will find a way to earn a legitimate living doing whatever they can….and that includes you! Go wait tables, wash dishes…whatever it takes to make an honest living and do it with a smile even though you might hate it. Do a good job and do it with grace, and you’ll eventually find a job that you actually like doing. Go take some courses or get on as an apprentice for a trade and stop screwing up your community and your country. It’s people with your mindset who are ruining everything in Bermuda…you’re all a bunch of ungrateful little losers! A pox on the lot of you….
Onion. Ya dumb or something??? Do you know that statistics of availible jobs to people looking for a job???? It dont balance out, Ive been to numerous businesses looking for work and guess what, I’m stillin the same place s**t hasn’t changed. Its discouraging to walk in a business and see some Indian or Korean working who barely speaks english working but i cant get a job. WTF!!!! STOP ALLOWING ALL THESE FORIEGN JOB CONTRACTS!!!!
SIMPLE!
BRAVO 2 U BUDDY!
Hi Bernews do you know how much time did Antonio Myers get for the Murder of Kumi Harford??
@ True Dat that’s the same thing I wanna kno
They should have never outlawed hanging…would save us some money. The rope could be reused. At the rate the police are going solving some of these cases it could have been used quite frequently.
In any event Mr. Cox’s reputation proceeded him. He has been well known to the police and court system and has had a propensity for violence. This as well as the other factors the judge noted help him reached his decision on the minimum sentence. In the case of Mr. Myers, I believe he received a life sentence as well with a minimum of 25yrs. His record is less extensive than that of Mr. Cox. I agree their needs to be consistency, however how our system is structured there is not likely to be much. Don’t forget people the law was only changed recently to allow judges to allow minimum time served before being eligible for parole in these type cases. In previous years it was just a 25 year sentence. Many murders were out in 15 years.
The overall unfortunate part to this entire case is, us Joe Public has to pay for him until he takes his last breathe or is released after 38 years, if he is paroled. $80,000 to house a prisoner, that is the base….what happens if he get cancer and requires treatment? Who pays? We do….
All goes back to my original statement, we should have never outlawed hanging…a rope is so much cheaper!
because it said on Bernews that he was due be sentenced on June 22 but i have not heard anything more I just wonder!!
TBH, we are unsure. Last info we had – was as you said – that he would be sentenced on the 22nd, however we have no record of him being sentenced yet, and obviously that’s a story we would seek to cover. Now, we could just have missed that Court date, but checking RG and Sun seems he may not have been sentenced yet, although we stand to be corrected.
give thanks Bernews i was just checking to see if i may have missed the story as well i have to definitely look out for i really want to see just how much time he gets… because i cannot understand whats really going on with these cases…smh
Yo! how did Coxy get sentence before Meyer’S he got found guilty for the murder of Kumi Hardford. one thing I notice, Parkside is getting off on all the charges, while 42 is gettting big time. I wonder who’s behind them
DEY R ALL “SNITCHES” WAT U EXPECT. THE POLICE CUT U DEALS WHEN U “SNITCH”. YALL DNT KNO??? WATCH FIRST 48.
HI PEDRO
the sobering thought is…..when you think about it, will anyone care about the events of august 2010 in 2049? will the words “parkside” or “42″ or “yankee” have any significance then? someone born today will be 38 years then. he will be in jail as a young man, and age, as his contemporaries either die or leave prison…he will be far from the “boss” of the prison at that time, when he is old and grey, like a toothless old wolf that once used to lead the pack but then finds itself fending for scraps, always at risk of being devoured by some voracious young turk trying to establish himself as an a-male
-was it worth it? maybe from his perspective, especially as he’s young right now-when he is older he will have had time to think and consider his actions.
the sobering thought is…..when you think about it, will anyone care about the events of august 2010 in 2049? will the words “parkside” or “42″ or “yankee” have any significance then? someone born today will be 38 years then. he will be in jail as a young man, and age, as his contemporaries either die or leave prison…he will be far from the “boss” of the prison at that time, when he is old and grey, like a toothless old wolf that once used to lead the pack but then finds itself fending for scraps, always at risk of being devoured by some voracious young turk trying to establish himself as an a-male
-was it worth it? maybe from his perspective, especially as he’s young right now-when he is older he will have had time to think and consider his actions.
Ya STREET R WATCHING,I no they are SNITCHES but its more to whats going on with these PARKSIDES CASES, someone is screwing up these cases INTENTIONALLY. If you notice after Coxy got found guilty, they had a lot to say,oh! we put away the most dangers man in the island,anyone that shoots and murders human lives intentionally are dangers to society,so stop pointing fingers to one person.All this bs that he’s well known to the police,they are all well known to the police.
THANKS TO YOU ALL! WE PUT THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN BEHIND BARS,(LMFAO)AND THANKS TO THE GUYS THAT PUT TNE MOST DANGEROUS MAN 6 FOOT UNDER, I WISH HE WOULD HAVE CAME FORWARD, WHILE COXY CASE WAS GOING ON,MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE BOTH WALK AWAY FREE, LIKE THE OTHER TWO BROTHERS THAT MURDER SHANE MINOR’S, THEY BOTH PRICK ON EACH OTHER, THE MOTHER EVEN PRICK ON ONE OF HER SON’S,AND THEY STILL WALK AWAY FREE MEN. OH I FORGOT THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE NOT PARKSIDE. TELL ME SOMETHING WAS TROY RAWLINS THE MAYOR OF BERMUDA CAUSE WHY OUT OF ALL THE MURDERS THIS CASE WAS TREATED SO DIFFERENT AND IT SEEM LIKE THE WHOLE POLICE FORCE WAS INVOLVED.AND PEOPLE WONDERING WHY, BERMUDA GONE THIS WAY. PLEASE
Bunch of clowns good for them.
he gets convicted guilty and gets life, and those other two little bast%$ds get off, somethings wrong here!!!!!! rip shane minors
I Am not for Independence, but if we did go, we could HANG these Bas**rds
,Bermuda is so f-k up its not funny. Yo! Rob you don’t want to go independence right now,Bermuda is out of control now, with all the criminals activity thats going on,then it mite be a good thing to,cause the Bas**rds mite turn on the Cock roaches that feed them the poison to kill of the own Black Brother. Its no way how all these Guns can appear in the Island like this, now there making beleive they cleaning up,on HERB TREES PLEASE,they should have been busting down the Guns like how there busting down the herbs trees
I know both people involved quite well too. I have to say that I feel sorry for both of them. What no one looks at is what made yankee the person he was what caused him to do those “evil” things and last i checked no one ask your family members to get involved with him that was a choice that they made. no one is responsible for the outcome of any ones life unless they kill them. You could be blind def and dumb and still see the type of person they both were if you were involved with them. People are always looking to blame some-one else for their mistakes. Grow up and get over your self. Maybe Cox had a reason to kill him no one knows. No one deserves to die until it happens by accident or natural causes. No sin is greater then another. Right is right and wrong is wrong. if either of these men were your relative you wouldn’t be so shallow about the outcome of their lives.
FridayGirl, judging from this and other comments you’ve made, I think you’re a very confused person…some comments quite lucid and others making no sense whatsoever. As for Yankee…what caused him (and others of his ilk) “to do those evil things” is a little thing called personal choice. He CHOSE to live a life of crime of his own free will, regardless of his upbringing, his education or other hardships in his earlier life. He could have taken the high road years ago and become a contributing member of Bermuda’s society. He didn’t do that and paid for his choices with his life. As for “No sin is greater then another”, that is complete rubbish. Is stealing a pencil worse than committing premeditated murder? As for his relatives, I’m sure they are grieving his death, but at the same time I’m equally sure they all knew or suspected he might one day meet such a fate. And as to your comment “Maybe Cox had a reason to kill him “, I’m sure Cox felt he did have a “reason” to do what he did, but in no way should that justify his taking Yankee’s life.
This is pure BS!!! It seems to me as if the police and judicial system has takin sides in this “gang war” clearly the side of their informants who are still going around shooting and menacing – Park side aka Prick side. Whose leader has his father being paid to inform its his own members. How dare the judge say this was worse than Rihanna Moore’s murder it was effin Yankee yo!!??? The one who was behind [edited for legal reasons]. That was a community service! Free Coxy!! Let’s see if Antonio Myers gets life!
How does westgate compare to Rikers? Thinking of taking a little vacay but the Island(rikers)is quite a nightmare for even career tough guys like moi