The man convicted of the manslaughter of six young women in the infamous Campus Trendz clothing store fire and robbery on Tudor Street, The City on September 3, 2010, will now have the opportunity to challenge his life sentences before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on December 5.
In June 2011, Renaldo Alleyne was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six concurrent life sentences, after the six young women died when the store was firebombed during a robbery.
At the Court of Appeal in Barbados, Alleyne, of Prescod Bottom, Hindsbury, St Michael said the life sentences were excessive and further that the trial judge did not consider a “discount” for his early guilty plea.
In dismissing his appeal, the Court of Appeal held that his sentences were neither excessive, disproportionate or wrong in principle, given the gravity of the offence, and that the issue of a discount does not apply to an indeterminate sentence.
Alleyne, now 29, is seeking to overturn the decision of the Court of Appeal.
The young women, Shanna Griffith, Nikkita Belgrave, Pearl Cornelius, Tiffany Harding, Kellishaw Olivierre and Kelly Ann Welch perished in the horrific blaze.
A second young man, Jamar Dwayne Bynoe, who was charged in connection with the same tragedy was sentenced to hang on July 1, 2016 after being found guilty of six counts of murder.
His trial started on April 12, 2016.
Bynoe, of Headley’s Land, Bank Hall, St Michael is now 27 years old.
He murder those innocent girls. The authorities just encouraging murderers to do more killing. His neck should have been popped every since.
Its a whole 6, not 1 nor 2, 6! Your current sentence should stay.
Six young women killed by 2 members of the Black Cattle Gang, now these Scum Bags going to get fat at the Taxpayers expense, as they don’t want to die
Wow!
Imagine that?
People would go to the ends of the earth to save their own lives but have zero respect for the lives of others…sad!
@Paul Smith
While I agree with you on the neck part, I still would like a chance at his balls with a good pair of nipping pliers.
And you real serious? You took so much from us and want to appeal. Go ahead and throw salt in our wounds whilst they are still healing.
None of these ladies were my family, nor close friends of mine, but I do remember reading of the wailing trapped inside the building as the fire raged. No human being deserved that, especially those six who were just trying to make an honest living. Just the thoughts of the event along angers me. But the law is an ass, and he may get his wish. I do hope the six young ladies have risen to Glory in Heaven. I wonder if anyone of them left a baby behind.
Even though his actions were despicable, as a society and a people, we should accord each and every person due process of law, despite how abhorrent it may be. Without such, we could as well be savages ourselves and no better than those who we condemn. We should afford each person his legal rights.
I have no problem with the appeal, that`s his right, my problem is with the court that would set him free or reduce the sentence, what I would like to see who ever is responsible for providing the money for his appeal. should be imprisoned too or face the death penalty if it takes 20 years as would be done in some states in the US. hanging those to miscreants would only take a few seconds to compare with the torture and suffering that those six young women went through.
The bread vendor that was shot and killed, who ever is responsible and convicted should also be put to death and the persons that found the money for their defense also. As they`re saying that hanging is inhuman, use the same method that was used to kill the vendor, a firing squad. Is that not a humane way to finish the job?
People like Patrick Blackman should be hung by the balls untill dead.
Listen ..stop the going back and forth with this foolish talk…..Get up one morning, drag his ass out and hang him. Just wasting time man.
Where is Amnesty International, murder lovers? Do they still exist?
To the CCJ and back to DODDS where you will be until you die.
….and I agree with you Rodney Callender…Patrick Blackman only looking for good name… let him live in his PERFECT WORLD… MURDERS like those should have been dealt with SWIFT one time.. a POP NECK or as you say ..POP BALLS.
You could imagine his LAWYER wants a DISCOUNT off for his EARLY GUILTY PLEA …FOR KILLING SIX PEOPLE?
I would give him that discount…call it 4 people and then POP he RH BALLS.
In the US he would have gotten SIX LIFE SENTENCES.
Excessive? He has no rights in my view. He MURDERED six beautiful young women, with dreams and goals and ideas. And he wants leniency?
VIGILANTE JUSTICE!
Patrick Blackman want attention, pop he rh balls to,is he human though?
If the LAW get so twisted and they let he out, then someone should tek he out.
End of story.
Seriously.these killers and them lawyers real bold though. Them walk around killing innocent people and now want to fight the sentence. Them better becareful people ain’t playing that crap. If these killers feel them could take people lives and feel it ok.them dreaming. The people that them murder got Family that loved them and miss them.And them got the nerve to appeal a sentence.If them keep up that people going to start taking justice in their own hands.And I will have no problem with that.The courts like them looking to cause unrest.This demon got a nerve though.Only in Barbados.
de man want a discount as if murder for sale
@ PATRICK BLACKMAN
Tell you family so when thee Black Cattle Gang for them
I want to hear Comissiong on this matter. He used to be out front on this, but he is now a big boy, so who knows where the winds will blow his tale.
I want to hear Comissiong on this matter. He used to be out front on this, but he is now a big boy, so who knows where the winds will b low his tale.
I think the killer should be executed but I also see nothing wrong at all with what Patrick Blackman has written, he’s absolutely correct.
I think he and his buddy should be made to suffer a similar fate…smoke and fire. Don’t waste taxpayers money keeping these people in prison.
Curious to know…has emergency exits been implemented in all the stores in Town?
I remember it being talked about but I don’t recall any enforcement being applied.
Patrick “the clown” Blackman yoy only pontificating cos you int had nuhbody in dat fire.
That wicked b!tch rob thee place and after not satisfied he set it on fire and suffer six beautiful girls to death and now that bold ugly fu@ker want a discount on time, but he should get and if he come out at 90 years old somebody suffer he RH thee same way .
Even though his actions were despicable, as a society and a people, we should accord each and every person due process of law, despite how abhorrent it may be. Without such, we could as well be savages ourselves and no better than those who we condemn. We should afford each person his legal rights.
Patrick Blackman must be a lawyer and I say this because this is legalese , but what due process did those six young innocent women had.This guy should not even be given six life sentences, he should have been sitting on death row.It is ridiculous what is going on in Barbados . This young generation has no respect for the life of anybody.
First of all we have to determine if the offence was indeed murder. Did he intentionally and willfully set out to murder. Was there malice aforethought?
I say life in prison for manslaughter.the intent was not to commit murder. The law is the law unfortunately.
But then again what is the maximum sentence for manslaughter?
@GSMILEY: First thing I’m no legal mind at all but I remember have this discussion a few years back. My stance is that it’s murder because whilst he might say that his intention was not murder the fact is he had a device that he had to know could cause death and he intended to use it.