Caribbean Times 46th Issue - Tuesday 29th November 2016

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Tuesday 29th November 2016
Fitzroy gets life in prison after re-sentencing
By Renio Abbott
Fitzroy Jarvis was found
guilty for the murder of
Lindie Scotland a 40-yearold
farmer who was found
dead on his farm in Bethesda.
On 7th June, 1998 Jarvis
had a grudge against
the deceased and lured him
into the bushes at Morris
Looby, chopping him to
death.
After committing such
a gruesome crime Jarvis
returned back to work as if
nothing happened.
The deceased came for
him at his home in a car
they both had a conversation
and both agreed to
meet at Morris Looby area.
Jarvis gave the deceased
directions and the decease
brought along Sylvester
Payne and they both drove
in a bushy area.
As the deceased arrived
he complained that his vehicle
had hit a stone and
the ‘oil pan’ of the vehicle
is damage.
Jarvis advised the deceased
to park his car so
the front would be facing
the bushes, and parked his
car long side the back of
the deceased car, the defendant
agreed.
Jarvis, the deceased and
Payne went further into
the bush where Jarvis was
leading.
Jarvis then told Payne
to wait and the decease
and Jarvis went further into
the bushes. Payne walked
back to the vehicle to relax,
shortly after he heard the
deceased shouted “Obal
Murder!”.
Payne ran back to the
nearby village and went to
the home of the deceased’s
brother and gather up a few
other people and went back
into the bushes where the
vehicle was parked and Jarvis
car was gone.
They then walk to where
the shout came from and
someone stumbled over the
body of the deceased.
Jarvis explained that he
went into the bush with the
deceased to collect some
drugs and returned to his
vehicle for his cutlass trying
to catch up with the deceased
and heard him shout
“ras you cut me, me dead
now”.
By Renio Abbott
On a quiet morning at approximately
1:30 am on the December 17th, 1997,
Attley Alexander set fire to the home of
Jacqueline Simon who was living with
her three daughters.
Simon and Alexander had been involved
in an intimate but very abusive
relationship.
Simon decided to end the relationship,
the abusive nature of which resulted
in a restraining order being issued
against Alexander in court.
In the days leading up to the tragic
incident, the convicted murderer expressed
his intent in killing Simon and
her children.
On the day in question, Simon and
two of her daughters Amber Kames 13
and Sophia Jones 10 years old respectively,
were unable to escape the blaze
so it was they perished. Simon was 9
months pregnant. Her eldest daughter
awoke while the house burned, and
barely managed to escape the inferno
with her life.
The remains of two burnt persons
were discovered along with the remains
of the building.
Outside the house was a third person
a young female badly burnt and
barely alive; both died a few hours later
at the hospital.
The remains of the young fetus,
whose limbs were burnt and shortened
were also found at the scene. Simon received
burns to about 90% of her body.
On November 9th, 1999 the Alexander
was found guilty of all four murders,
and was sentenced to death.
Jarvis then said he ran
out the area dropping his
shoe and other items took
his car and left. Jarvis was
sentenced to death.
The re-sentencing commenced
by High Court
Judge Darshan Ramdhani
court on 19th September,
2016 after reviewing the
entire matter, with the sentencing
delivered on 28th
November 2016.
Jarvis has now been
sentenced to Life of an indeterminate
life imprisonment
with a 30-year minimum
period. All time spent
in detention for the offence
will be taken into consideration
at the expiration of
the minimum period of 30-
year sentence on 11th July
2000.
Alexander sentenced to 42 years for 1997 murders
In 2000 a death warrant was read to
him, however hours before his execution
a stay was granted.
Although no further steps were
taken to carry out the sentence, he remained
on the prison’s record as a man
sentenced of death.
In 2015 the state obtained an order
indicating that the death sentence was
unconstitutional and ordering that Alexander
should be brought before the
High Court to be sentenced for the
crime committed in 1997.
High Court Judge Darshan Ramdhani
facilitated the re-sentencing exercise
which and on September 19th,
2016 a sentence of an indeterminate
life imprisonment with a minimum
period of 42 years was deemed to be
appropriate.