Jamaican dance hall star Adidja Azim Palmer 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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