The second man who confessed to unlawfully killing Randy “Nut Man” Selman was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the No. 2 Supreme Court.
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Terry Caldron, of North Close, Wildey, St Michael, was originally arraigned with murdering Selman on September 23, 2020. He denied that count and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
He also pleaded guilty to unlawfully and maliciously inflicting serious bodily harm on Trevor Ramsay on the same date.
The matters were prosecuted by Principal State Counsel Oliver Thomas and State Counsel Dr Zoe King, while Caldron was represented by attorney Safiya Moore.
Justice Randall Worrell told the self confessed killer the threshold for the imposition of a custodial sentence had been met. He noted taking a life was “extremely serious”, especially in the circumstances in which it had taken place.
“It is quite clear your element of participation was grounded in the concept of joint enterprise,” he said.
He said he had considered the facts and submissions made by counsel, and that a firearm was used.
“It is true you did not fire any of the shots. The court has taken that into consideration. Mr Selman did not meet his death by your hand,” the judge told Caldron, adding he considered that Caldron’s participation was not
to the same degree as that of Recardo Reco Lamar Best, who pulled the trigger.
Best, of Clapham Main Road, St Michael, had also pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He is serving 11 years, eight months after the deductions.
Justice Worrell said he could find no mitigating features in the offence and determined that 18 years was the appropriate starting point.
He deducted one-third for Caldron’s guilty plea and credited him with the 1 590 days he spent on remand. He further deducted 90 days for the delay in the matter and ordered Caldron to serve the remaining 2 700 days in prison.
The judge said he determined that six years was the appropriate starting point for the inflicting serious bodily harm offence.
However, he noted that when the deductions for the guilty plea and the time spent on remand were taken into consideration, the sentence would be subsumed by the sentence for manslaughter.
He then deemed that Caldron had served his time for the second offence. (HLE)