Two "ordinary civilians" were returning home from running errands when a vehicle pulled up beside them and raked their car with gunfire, leaving one of them dead and the other seriously injured.
The names of the victims were Brenton Charlton, 31, and Leonard Bell, now 48.
Both had become unintended victims in a vicious gang war between two Scarborough gangs, one in Malvern and the other called the Galloway Boys, Crown attorney Suhail Akhtar said today in his opening address to a jury in the Superior Court of Justice.
Charlton, who was driving the blue Neon, died after jumping out of the car and collapsing on the road. Bell, shot nine times, survived.
7 comments:
They have not yet been found guilty or not guilty. Get your facts straight
Hey Anonymous,
Now they have been found guilty, and it is good.
The City will be a little, and I mean just a little more safe...
The justice system did work.The jurors were faced with the monumental task of sending these miscreants to prison for 1st degree murder and they(jurors) did an excellent job. Kudos to the prosecution team and the judge.
We should celebrate this victory, these guys are "GUILTY" who do you think you are walking around shooting people where do you think you are living?...Do you all think this city is a gun fighting zone. They guys should be locked away and the key thrown into lake Ontario. Some of us parent lock the truth in our hearts, dont lie for your kids. If you do you too should be locked away with then...This is sweet victory. The young lady who hides the gun for Tyshaun Riley should be charged jointly with him as well....Lets rid this city of these God forsaken bastards...This could have been mine son..it hits home really hard.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (EBONICS STYLE)
De Ebonics Crimmus Pome
Wuz de nite befo Crimmus
An' all ober de hood
ereybody wuz sleepin'
Dey wuz sleepin' real good.
We hunged up our stockings
And hoped like de heck
That ol' Sanna Claus
Be bringin' our chek!
All o' de fambly
Wuz layin' in de beds
While Ripple and Thunderbird
Dance tru dey heads.
I passed out in de flo
Right next to my maw
When I heard sech a fuss, I thunk
"It must be de law!"
I looked out thru de bars
What covered my doe
Spectin' de sheriff
Wif a warrant fo sho!
And what did I see?
I said, "Lawd, look at dat!"
Ther' wuz a huge watta-melon
Pulled by giant warf rats!
Now ober all de years
Sanna Claus, he be white
But, looks like us bros
Gets a black Sanna dis night.
Faster dan a po'lees car;
My home boy, he came.
He whupped on dem warf rats
And called dem by name!
On Leroy, on 'lonzo,
And on Willie Lee,
On Saphire, on Chenequa;
Dey wuz a site to see!
As he landed dat watta-melon
Out der in de skreet
I knowed fo sho
Da damndest site I ebber did see!
He didn't go down no chimbley;
He picked da lock on my doe.
And I sez to myself,
"Shit, he done dis befoe!"
He had dis big bag
Full of prezents I 'spect
Wid Air Jordans and fake gold
To wear 'roun my neck.
But he left no good prezents;
just started stealin' my shit.
Got my drugs, got my guns,
Even got my burglar's kit!
Wit my stuff in de bag
Out da window he flewed
I woulda tried to catch him
But he stole my knife too!
He jumped on dat watta-melon
An' whipped out a switch
He wuz gone in a secon',
dat sonuvabitch!
Next year I be hopin'
Anutha Sanna we git
Cuz diz here Sanna Claus
Just ain't werf a shit!
I agree, lock them up and throw away the key! These guys are obviously guilty. now i kno that family will always want to believe that their relative wouldnt be capable of such deeds but as a parent they should keep their mind open to the fact that, well, heck, maybe he did do it. the fact that the mother testified on his behalf means nothing as she could be lying for him. As for Tyshan, his mother is already facing charges as she had already obstructed justice for him. is it really worth it?!? I only feel sympathy for the families affected (which would be the families of the suspects and victims) only thing is atleast the suspect familes can still visit them in jail. the same cant be said for the family of the victim!
The culture of ridiculous lying that is prevalent in Jamaica, was flying full colours in this trial. These people believe they can simply deny the obvious facts and get away with things. I've seen it before, up close and personal.
PS, LOVED the poem! Very funny.
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