Jhanel whyte and taiwo mckenzie

Mitchell and Christian Tavares Finson urged the Judge to take into consideration the Social Enquiry, Antecedents and Psychiatric reports which were prepared on behalf of both men.

However Justice Hibbert said he took several factors into consideration in arriving at sentencing. He agreed with Senior Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn as well as evidence presented that the crime was a heinous one. Evidence was given that the men participated in the abduction and slashing of the throats of Mr.

McKenzie and Miss Whyte in november Both had gone to take medicine to the three men following a road traffic crash on Border Avenue in Havendale. The remorseful couple had earlier transported the men to Hospital where they were treated and released.

Prior to being sentenced Ennis and Millings were asked whether they had anything to say. The eroded morals, she believes, was also what led to the murder of Whyte, a graduate fresh from the University of the West Indies.

Friendship James met Whyte one summer, when they were teenagers, on a summer job at the Development Bank of Jamaica. Almost immediately, the two struck up a friendship.

Jhanel just never seemed to have a bad day. She was so good and she and her boyfriend were willing to help these men even when they were warned about going there," James recounts.

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We ask that comments are civil and free of libellous or hateful material. Also please stick to the topic under discussion. Please do not write in block capitals since this makes your comment hard to read. Two of three men who were charged in with the murder of the couple dubbed 'The Good Samaritans' appeared in the Home Circuit Court on Friday.

A third man, George Cooper, of a Kingston address, pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to kidnap and was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. He will be a key witness for the Crown in the case against the other two men when the trial starts on July 7.