February 13, 2019
Cops convicted in death of schoolgirl to be sentenced April 5
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The three police constables implicated in the March 2012 murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Vanessa Kirkland are to be sentenced on April 5 in the Home Circuit court.
The trio, constables Durvin Hayles, Anna Kay Bailey and AndreWain Smith, who were initially charged with murder, were convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter last Friday.
Six other occupants in the car were shot.
However, the defence team, which included attorneys Peter Champagnie, who represented the two male accused, and Oswest Senior Smith, who represented the female, argued that the defendants were acting in self-defence when they fired on the car.
Tanesha Mundle
