popularly known as Vybz Kartel has been
sentenced to life in prison for the murder of
a former business associate named Clive
"Lizard" Williams.
Jamaica's supreme court sentenced Kartel
today April 3rd after a 58-day trial, said to be
the longest in the history of Jamaica's Circuit
court. The musician's 3 other associates,
Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St.
John were also sentenced to life in prison.
The four men are accused of killing Clive
after inviting him to Kartel's home to discuss
two missing illegal hand guns. Though a body
has never been found, the key piece of
evidence that nailed Vybz was a text message
that he sent from his phone which claimed
'Clive had been chopped up into so many
pieces his body would never be found."
Kartel will not be eligible for parole until he
serves 35 years of his life sentence. His
lawyers are planning to appeal his sentence.
Meanwhile, Vybz has been in prison since
2011 after he was arrested for possession of
marijuana, illegal possession of firearm and
the murder of a Jamaican businessman,
Barrington Burton. Though he was later found
not guilty and was acquitted of the charge of
murder of Burton, he remained in prison
pending his second murder case which started
in November 2013.
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