Rushane Barnett, the mass assassin who pleaded responsible to killing his cousin and her 4 youngsters in Clarendon in June was this morning sentenced to 5 concurrent life sentences.
Presiding choose Justice Leighton Pusey handed down the sentence within the Dwelling Circuit Court docket.
The choose ordered Barnett to serve 61 years and eight months earlier than being eligible for parole.
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Barnett, 23, was convicted in July of 5 counts of homicide.
The Workplace of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) had served discover that it could search the demise penalty throughout Barnett’s first courtroom look, for the homicide of his cousin Kemesha Wright, and her 4 children- Kimanda Smith, 15, Sharalee Smith, 12, Rafaella Smith, 5, and 23-month-old Kishawn Henry Jr.
Nevertheless, he confessed to the murders and pleaded responsible.
On the sentencing listening to in September, DPP Paula Llewellyn argued that Barnett, who pleaded responsible to 5 counts of homicide, ought to as an alternative be sentenced to life in jail.
Barnett was dwelling along with his cousin and her youngsters on the time of the incident.
On June 21, the victims have been found with chop wounds and slashed throats inside their residence in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon.
Rushane Barnett fled the world to Trelawny following the incident however was later apprehended within the parish.