In a verdict handed down by Justice Leighton Pusey within the Dwelling Circuit Division of the Supreme Courtroom in downtown Kingston on Friday morning, high quality analyst Rushelle Foster has been sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in jail for the deadly stabbing of nationwide ladies’s footballer, Tarania “Plum Plum” Clarke, in 2019.
Foster, who had been discovered responsible of the lesser cost of manslaughter by a seven-member jury, confronted the results of her actions within the courtroom.
Clarke, a rising star within the sporting enviornment, tragically misplaced her life throughout a reported dispute over a cellphone on October 31, 2019, at Limelight Plaza in Half-Means-Tree, St Andrew.
Throughout the trial, the only eyewitness recounted the occasions of that fateful night, describing an argument between the Reggae Woman and Foster over cellphone calls. Foster accused Clarke of intentionally ignoring her calls, prompting a response from Clarke about cellphone malfunctions. The altercation escalated, resulting in Foster brandishing a knife and fatally stabbing the footballer.
Foster had asserted self-defense, claiming that Tarania Clarke was enraged over the termination of their seven-month relationship. Nonetheless, the court docket discovered her responsible of manslaughter within the tragic incident that resulted in Clarke’s premature demise.
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Clarke scored for Jamaica on debut when Jamaica drubbed Cuba 12-1 on the Nationwide Stadium in Kingston on September 30, 2019. The 20-year-old midfielder was additionally captain of the Waterhouse FC in Jamaica’s Ladies’s League.
On the time of her demise, Clarke was a latest graduate of Excelsior Excessive College the place she was additionally captain of the soccer group.
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