One of the men who was arrested and charged for his role in the death of Jamaican Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell’s daughter and her mother has been slapped with a 30-year prison sentence.
The sentence was handed down today in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston. His identity has not been disclosed to the public.
According to reports, the man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on each of the two counts of murder for the killing of ten-month-old Sarayah Paulwell and her mother, Toshnya Patterson.
He was also sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison on each of the two counts of kidnapping of the mother and daughter from their home in Kingston on September 9.
The sentences are to be served concurrently and he has been ordered to serve 20 years before he is eligible for parole.
The men are among four persons charged with the brutal killing of the mother and child.
US Navy petty officer Leoda Bradshaw, who shares a child with Phillip Paulwell, is alleged to be the mastermind behind the crime.
Bradshaw was charged on October 13 with two counts of conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of conspiracy to murder, two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of capital murder.
It is alleged that Bradshaw, who lives in the United States, visited Jamaica in September with the intention of killing the mother and child. Bradshaw and her cousin and co-accused 30-year-old Graphic Designer Roland Balfour allegedly hired Miller and Brown to execute the crime.
A sum of JMD $500,000 was allegedly paid for the murder of Patterson and baby Paulwell. The bodies of Sarayah Paulwell and her mother were reportedly found on October 6, at an undisclosed location in Rockfort, East Kingston.
Balfour was charged with conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnapping, and misprison of felony. Meanwhile, Bradshaw has been remanded until a further hearing scheduled for December 1.
