WITH A LOUD SIGH of apparent disbelief, Carlton Junior Hall held his head in his hands and looked to the court ceiling after he was found guilty of murder by a 12-member jury in the No. 5 Supreme Court yesterday.
And the still of the courtroom only became more pronounced when he was sentenced to hang by Justice Jacqueline Cornelius. The sentence came even as the public debate continued on whether Barbados should retain the death penalty.
The pronouncement drew tears from some members of Hall’s family who were in court, with one female trying to suppress her cries as she held her hand over her mouth. It was the end of a two-week trial.
Hall, 25, a shop assistant, of 2nd Avenue, Chapman Lane, St Michael, was charged with murdering Adrian Wilkinson on August 14, 2011, near Chefette restaurant in Speightstown, St Peter. (TKS)
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