While the prosecution wants a ten-year starting point for sentencing Winfield Nurse for disposing of his granddaughter’s body more than two decades ago, the defence team is asking that he not remain in jail.
Nurse, of Accommodation Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, was found guilty last year of unlawfully disposing of the body of 12-year-old Rasheda Bascombe some time between January 2, 2002 and May 30, 2013.
He was represented by attorneys Lennox and Marlon Miller, while Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis and State Counsel Tito Holder prosecuted.
Justice Donna Babb-Agard, presiding in Supreme Court No. 4A, heard submissions on sentencing from both sides on Monday.
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