Lindell Powell, often known as Lazarus, a Jamaican gangster from Westmoreland was sentenced to life in jail after the Courtroom of Attraction agreed with the Workplace of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that the 12-year sentence was “unduly lenient.”
The ruling was handed down by Justice Frank Williams on Friday morning.
It’s the DPP’s first use of a legislation that permits the prosecution to enchantment sentences.
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Powell, a former member of Westmoreland’s infamous Kings Valley Gang, was sentenced to 12 years in jail in December 2021 within the Hanover Circuit Courtroom, with the stipulation that he serve 10 years earlier than being thought-about for parole.
He pleaded responsible to the murders of Oral McIntosh and Ida Clarke in Westmoreland in 2017.
Nevertheless, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, who believed the sentence was unduly lenient, objected to the parole eligibility interval and appealed.
The Courtroom of Attraction on Friday (October 28) sentenced Powell to life in jail for every of the 2 counts of homicide on which he was convicted.
Powell might be eligible for parole after serving 20 years and 7 months on one depend and 24 years and 7 months on the opposite, each at laborious labor. The sentences will run concurrently, so Powell must serve 24 years earlier than being thought-about for parole.
Following amendments to the Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) (Modification) Act that went into impact in November 2021, the prosecution gained a restricted proper to enchantment sentences and acquittals.
Consequently, the DPP requested that Powell be sentenced to life in jail with parole eligibility starting from 20 to twenty-eight years.
Powell was convicted of two firearms offenses on the time of his homicide conviction and was sentenced to 18 months in jail on every depend in August 2019.