Jahmel Blakeney, Sanchey Grant Launch Appeal
Jahmel Blakeney [pictured/file photo] and Sanchey Grant have launched an appeal in the Court of Appeal today [Mar 5], with both men having been convicted of attempted murder in relation to a 2009 shooting which left two people injured.
On November 13, 2009, Shaki Minors [then 26] and his girlfriend Renee Kuchler [then 24], were both shot multiple times as they left Southside Cinema in St. David’s at approximately 11.30 pm.
Both victims were rushed to hospital, and Ms Kuchler’s pregnancy ended as a result of the shooting. She had been shot in her mid-section and leg, while Mr. Minors was shot multiple times in his arms and midsection.
Jahmel Blakeney was arrested shortly after the shooting, placed on Police bail, however left the island in November 2009. The Bermuda courts issued an arrest warrant for him in April, 2010.
Following investigations, Mr. Blakeney [who holds dual Bermuda and American citizenship] was located in New York and arrested in June 2010 by the US Marshals Service on an international arrest warrant.
He fought being returned to the island through legal channels but was eventually extradited to Bermuda from New York in April, 2011.
During the trial, the Court heard that Mr. Grant was the actual shooter and that both men were said to be affiliated with Parkside.
They were both convicted in 2011, and sentenced in December 2011.
Read More About
Category: All, Court Reports, Crime, News
Seems like when it comes to comment locals are more afraid of the aforementioned than Chris Furbert.
Irony.
lalalala!!!
That’s four prisoners appealing sentences in one week! This is where a lot of our tax payer money goes! These idiots can bring in the best
Lawyers, QC’s they can get at our cost! This needs to stop!
We don’t pay for lawyers or ‘QC’s’
Get it right.
Terry, who does? You are incorrect…..
The people don’t pay for a QC.
You get it right Legal.
Are legal aid lawyers free….or are they paid with tax payer funds?
RIP…Rot In Prison.
Rot in prison losers. Bulk up for each other jail birds
Yesss my brothers see u soon freedoms ah must
Your just a DUMB.
poor soul’s you done the crime now do the time. momma’s boys. lmafo smfh stay right where you are because thats the best thing, you both have time to think about what you did & caused the death of a child, what goes around comes around, every dog has its turn smfh, karma is a real b-tch. suffer no mercy @ all.