Manslayer back in court next week

Sentencing submissions by legal counsel are expected to be made on September 11 when the case against Ryan Omar Samuel continues.

The matter came up for hearing before Justice Randall Worrell today when Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale made it clear that he was ready to proceed with his mitigation.

However, Samuel’s attorney-at-law Mohia Ma’at asked for more time to have a “one-on-one” with his client before the case proceeds. It was granted.

Back in November Samuel was found guilty of killing Charley Dume. The 12-member jury that heard the evidence was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on murder after over four hours of deliberations and close to a month-long trial. However, ten jurors agreed that Samuel, of Grape Hall, St Lucy was guilty of manslaughter, in the shooting death of 25-year-old Charley Dume on April 26, 2014.

Dume was killed at Coyote’s Den Bar located at the corner of Nelson Street and Wellington Street. During the trial the pathologist who conducted the postmortem revealed that Dume’s body had seven “entry” wounds and five “exit” wounds which were consistent with gunshot injuries. Death was due to multiple organ failures and hemorrhagic shock due to multiple gunshot wounds.