Kerry-Ann Walters is still tortured by the pain of her brother’s murder six years ago. So much so, she is hoping that the men convicted of the cold-blooded crime will be sent to prison for the rest of their lives when they are sentenced in July.

“They deserve life beyond life, beyond life, because what they did was a gruesome act. They are wicked!” Walters declared on Saturday morning.

In contrast, she believes that the surviving trigger man committed the murder under duress and, as such, she could, in time, forgive him.

The shooter, Wade Blackwood, is already serving time in prison for the January 2, 2018 murders of Winston Walters and Simone Campbell-Collymore on Stanley Terrace in Red Hills, St Andrew.

Blackwood, who was held by police, had confessed to his role in the murders and received two 35-year sentences for each murder as well as an eight-year sentence for the gun he used to commit the crime.

However, he agreed to testify for the prosecution in the case against his conspirators and his sentence was reduced to 20 years before he is eligible for parole.

The high-profile murder trial ended in the Supreme Court last week with the jury finding Campbell-Collymore’s husband Omar Collymore, Michael Adams, and Dwayne Pink guilty on two counts of murder and conspiracy to murder. Co-accused Shaquilla Edwards was found guilty of conspiracy in relation to the killings. Their sentencing is scheduled for July 11.

Shaquilla Edwards was found guilty of conspiracy in relation to the killings

Testimony provided during the trial stated that Collymore took out a hit on his wife and gave the contract to Adams, who gave the job to a community don from Brooke Valley in St Andrew who went by the name Jim.

Jim has since died.

It was revealed in court that $2 million was the price placed on Campbell-Collymore’s head by her husband.

Blackwood had told the court that his brother had caused one of Jim’s illegal firearms to end up in the possession of the police. He said his brother was imprisoned for the gun and Jim pressed him to participate in the hit as payment for his brother’s debt.

According to Blackwood, he even participated in a previously failed attempt to kill Campbell-Collymore, which made Jim and Adams upset.

The murder was eventually committed around 4:00 pm after Walters, who was operating a taxi, picked up Campbell-Collymore in downtown Kingston and took her to the Forest Ridge Apartment complex where she lived with Omar Collymore.

Simone Campbell-Collymore was murdered on January 2, 2018 along with taxi driver Winston Walters.

While Walters and Campbell-Collymore waited in the motor car for the security guard to let the vehicle into the complex, four men travelling on two motorcycles, including Jim and Blackwood, were seen on closed-circuit television camera footage approaching the motor vehicle. Blackwood and Jim hopped from the back of the motorcycles and pumped bullets into the car, killing Campbell-Collymore and Walters.

Recalling the testimony in court, Kerry-Ann Walters said, “Wade Blackwood said in 2021 that he would like the family to forgive him. My reply to the news team was I don’t think I can forgive him now, but I know deep down I may find it in my heart to forgive him with time and with God. From his testimony in court I could tell that he didn’t really want to do it, but he was pressured into it.”

Meanwhile, Kerry-Ann wanted Jamaica and the world to know that her brother, who was referred to as Corey by his family and friends, was far more than a taxi driver. In fact, she said he had acquired the motor vehicle in which he was killed just two months before, in November 2017.

Winston Walters, who was driving the taxi in which he and Simone Campbell-Collymore were shot dead, was also a bar owner. His sister said he acquired the motor car in which he was killed two months before the attack

“He was not just a taxi operator but at the time he was working for a taxi company called Gadge Pro. Simone called the company and the company reached out to him. Actually, two of them picked up the call but because he was closer to Simone he said he would take it. He had actually finished working for the day. He told his wife he would soon come and after that he got the call and said he was going to do that one drop-off,” she told the Jamaica Observer.

“He used to run a bar. He always tried to make ends meet for his family. He travelled overseas as well.

“He operated the bar from 2013 until his time of death. The bar was in St Ann and was registered in his name. He also used to work at Cement Company. By profession, he was an auto mechanic. Sometimes in life, money doesn’t flip like how you want it to flip and things get slow, so you do something else. I am not sure who introduced him to taxi,” she said.

Kerry-Ann said her brother attended St Mary’s College and, upon leaving in 1997 he went to an automotive school.

“His first job was at the police transport and repairs division. He did other jobs too that we don’t know about. A lot of people know about the case but they do not know it was Corey,” she said, adding that he was also involved in the music business and that a number of artistes, among them Bounty Killer and Romain Virgo, knew him.

“He loved music and used to always go studio. He even would take some of the youth from country to studio in Kingston,” she said.

“He loved farming and cricket. He used to bring the community together in [Content district] Harkers Hall just by playing cricket. Any time him come from Kingston he organises the cricket teams and they play cricket. I don’t see no cricket played from he died. The last time I went out there I didn’t see the cricket pitch,” Kerry-Ann said.

Turning her comments to Collymore, she said she believes he never loved his wife.

“He loved what she had and decided to take it by force. The two people he killed were God’s children. I knew they were not going to get away. There was too much evidence,” she said.

Omar Collymore was convicted last week of his wife’s murder.

“Collymore and Adams must not see back the light of day. The other two got convicted, but you see Collymore and Adams, they are who I am upset with. Collymore gave the contract to Adams. They are the root. How could you marry someone and love them, share two children, lay down on a pillow together, and then you put out a hit on them? How could you?” Kerry-Ann asked.

“I am looking forward to the sentencing, but there is no amount of sentencing that can bring Corey back. That won’t change how we feel.”