KEVIN Tyndale, the Gideon Warriors gangster, who the police dramatically captured in a rural St James village in February, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 90 years on gun-related, wounding and robbery charges.

But because the sentences on the three counts for which he was convicted are to run concurrently, Tyndale, also known as “Richie Poo”, will serve only 30 years, unless he gets time off at parole.

However, yesterday’s jail sentences by the Gun Court in Kingston was not the end of the court cases for Tyndale.

He is to be back in court today to answer to charges that he shot a policeman in January last year and is expected to return on September 26 when he will be tried for the August 2003 murder of Jervis Lobban in Mud Town, St Andrew, said by the police to be a known stomping ground of the Gideon Warriors gang.

Police also say that Tyndale is a suspect in several other major crimes, including murder and robbery.

The one for which he was convicted yesterday involved the 2003 shooting and robbery of an August Town, St Andrew businessman. The man was shot six times and his jewellery and licensed firearm taken.

Tyndale was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, wounding with intent and robbery with aggravation.

According to the police, and the evidence led in the closed court proceedings, as the businessman lay wounded, Tyndale stood over him and shot him at point blank range in the head.

The businessman survived and was able to identify Tyndale as one of his attackers. The man still has a bullet lodged in his head.

Tyndale denied the allegations and told the court that he was at home at the time of the shooting.

The Gideon Warriors, said to have been based in the low hills of St Andrew, was allegedly led by Joel Andem, who the police had on their “most wanted” list until he was captured in the hills of St Ann in May 2004.

The Gideon Warriors gained national notoriety in 2002 when the police found a video tape in one of the gang’s camps, showing gun-toting gang members and hangers-on frolicking, hosting a Christmas treat for children and threatening to kill police officers. The video was aired on television.

Tyndale was claimed by the police to have been second in command of the Gideon Warriors until Andem’s capture. According to police claims at the time, Tyndale wet his pants, sniffled and begged not to be killed at the time of his capture.