The prosecution goals to impose the demise penalty on David Smith, who’s accused of being the person who pulled the set off within the homicide of Jamaican politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah, and her mom, Toshyna Patterson.
As we speak, he was formally notified of this within the Residence Circuit Courtroom.
Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions, introduced the request through the court docket proceedings, with Smith bodily current alongside co-accused Leoda Bradshaw and Roland Balfour.
Smith, with out authorized illustration, requested a lawyer, resulting in an order for authorized support to be offered.
Sarayah Paulwell, simply ten months outdated, and her 27-year-old mom, Patterson, have been kidnapped from their residence on Gilmour Drive in St Andrew on September 9. Their burnt our bodies have been discovered a month later in Kingston.
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Smith amongst six charged
Smith is the sixth particular person to be charged within the case that rocked the nation and diaspora. In January, a fifth particular person, Bjon Black, was charged within the kidnapping and homicide case.
In a separate case, Black has additionally been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, and dealing in prohibited weapons.
Others accused and charged embrace Richard Brown, who pleaded responsible to the kidnapping and homicide and was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment; and Roshane Miller, who additionally pleaded responsible to conspiracy to kidnap and accent earlier than the very fact to homicide and was sentenced to seven years and 10 months imprisonment.
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The mastermind behind the crime, Leoda Bradshaw (a former companion of Phillip Paulwell) was additionally charged with capital homicide and conspiracy to Kidnap. Her co-accused Roland Balfour was charged with accent earlier than the very fact to kidnapping and accent earlier than the very fact to homicide.
