KARTEL SENTENCING TIME: Jones may have lacked proper parental guidance, defence attorney pleas.... “The men in the dock are not monsters, they are human though they may be vilified in certain circles they are not monsters,” said Rogers.

Thursday, April 03, 2014 | 11:09 AM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica – In making a plea Thursday morning in the sentencing of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused, attorney at law for Kahira Jones, Pierre Rogers, said that his client may have lacked proper parental guidance.

“He is a product of our society. He has emerged from the Jamaica that we created,” Rogers said. “Mr Jones up until this point his record is unblemished.”

Rogers, during his final deposition, said that his client dropped out of high school because of a lack of parental guidance 

He also made reference to Police Constable Rushan Hamilton who was sentenced to 35 years for the murder of a teenager who had complained of being carnally abused by the cop.

Rogers asked Justice Lennox Campbell not to juxtapose the two cases when handing down his sentence on Jones.

“The men in the dock are not monsters, they are human though they may be vilified in certain circles they are not monsters,” said Rogers.

Kartel (Adidja Palmer), Jones, Shawn ‘Storm’ Campbell  and Andre St John are being sentenced for the August  2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. more