The legal team of Dante Brooks, the son of Jamaican dancehall star Mavado, plans to appeal the teenager's murder conviction which was handed down Wednesday.
Asked if the defence planned to appeal the verdict, attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie replied with an emphatic "absolutely!"
Brooks, 18, was also found guilty of illegal possession of firearm and arson in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston. His co-accused, Andre Hinds, was also found guilty.
The two were charged in connection with the grisly killing of Lorenzo Thomas in the St Andrew community of Cassava Piece on June 5, 2018.
According to prosecutors, Brooks and Hinds were among five men who entered a house and shot Thomas before pushing his father into another room.…
The legal team of Dante Brooks, the son of Jamaican dancehall star Mavado, plans to appeal the teenager's murder conviction which was handed down Wednesday.
Asked if the defence planned to appeal the verdict, attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie replied with an emphatic "absolutely!"
Brooks, 18, was also found guilty of illegal possession of firearm and arson in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston. His co-accused, Andre Hinds, was also found guilty.
The two were charged in connection with the grisly killing of Lorenzo Thomas in the St Andrew community of Cassava Piece on June 5, 2018.
According to prosecutors, Brooks and Hinds were among five men who entered a house and shot Thomas before pushing his father into another room.…