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Vybz Kartel gets life sentence

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KINGSTON – Jamaican dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel and his fellow murder convicts have been sentenced to life in prison.
Justice Lennox Campbell handed down the sentences a short while ago in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.
Kartel, Adidja Palmer, will not be eligible for parole before 35 years, André St John will be eligible for parole after 30 years, while Shawn ‘Shawn Storm’ Campbell and Kahira Jones will be eligible for parole after 25 years.
The four were convicted for the August 16, 2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams at a house in Havendale, St Andrew owned by Kartel. (Observer)

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