- by Met
Two Clarendon residents who were charged with murder, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, were on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment when they appeared before the St. Elizabeth Circuit Court.
Javaughn Solomon, 22 and Barrington Gayle, 48, who both suffer from a mental illness, are to also undergo treatment for the duration of their sentence.
Both men pleaded guilty in the Clarendon Circuit Court before Justice Bertram Morrison earlier this year.
Their cases were transferred to St. Elizabeth Circuit Court where Justice Morrison is now hearing matters.
Solomon was charged with the murder of his 73 year-old father on February 15 last year.
Gayle was charged with the fatal stabbing a woman he said was his girlfriend.
The date of this incident was not revealed in court.
In a social enquiry report, Gayle told a probation officer that after he consumed a large amount of alcohol, he used a knife to stab the woman several times.
In handing down sentence, Justice Morrison said he took into consideration the men’s mental status and the reports from a psychiatrist who said they were in need of ongoing treatment.
I’m sorry, while a sympathize with people who are mentally ill, i don’t believe that five years sentences are just or practical, So the victims dont matter? what is there to stop these men committing similar crimes on release if they know they are going to get off with a slap on the wrist? this is why people take the law into their own hands cause all that man who kill him girlfriend would a dead as him come out if she was my family kmt
Dem nuh need fi deh road round sane ppl none tall.