Church murder triggerman sentenced to 45 years in jail
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Triggerman Dwight Bingham has been sentenced to 45 years in jail for killing Andrea Lowe Garwood as she worshipped in church in Trelawny in January 2021.
The sentence was handed down in the Trelawny Circuit Court a few minutes ago. He will need to serve 30 years before he is eligible for parole.
Bingham’s sentencing is the latest development in a case that sent shockwaves across Jamaica.
Last week, Lowe Garwood’s stepson Javan Lowe walked free after the prosecution’s case crumbled because Bingham refused to testify against him. Leon Hines, the getaway driver who testified against Garwood and Bingham, was previously sentenced to six years in prison.
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Lowe Garwood’s shocking murder was captured on video — live-streamed to worshippers who praised God from the safety of their houses, a way to keep themselves safe from the COVID-19 pandemic that raged at the time.
As the shots rang out, those inside the Agape Christian Fellowship Church scrambled for cover.