The Nassau Guardian
Sentencing in double murder trial delayed
The penalty phase of a Jamaican man’s murder trial has been postponed until January 31.
Serrano Adderley was unanimously convicted by a Supreme Court jury for the murder of two men on July 11, 2011. The jury accepted evidence that Adderley fatally shot 40-year-old Kevin Forbes and 28-year-old Jamaican Alwayne Leslie at a Haitian shantytown near Montgomery Avenue. Adderley has denied that he was at the scene of the crime, however the main witness for the prosecution, Shawn Knowles, positively identified the Jamaican as being present at the scene. Knowles, who is out on bail, is also accused along with another suspect of killing Adderley’s girlfriend, who was eight month’s pregnant, on July 30, 2011.
Justice Indra Charles was forced to delay the sentencing hearing because the probation report was not ready.
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