By NICO SCAVELLA
Tribune Staff Reporter
nscavella@tribunemedia.net
A MAN previously convicted of murder concerning the fatal shooting of another man through Gibbs Corner in 2014 must wait a week before he learns his fate.
Justice Bernard Turner said yesterday Jason Simmons will receive his sentence in connection with the April 2014 fatal shooting of Neko Lloyd next Thursday at 10am.
Simmons was convicted of murder by a Supreme Court jury on July 17 of this year over the April 27, 2014 incident.
Shortly after midnight on the day in question, Lloyd was sitting on a bench near a woman friend’s home when a gunman approached him and opened fire.
Lloyd was hit multiple times in the upper body as well as in his lower extremities.
While the gunman fled on foot, Lloyd ran to the front of his friend’s home where he collapsed. A short time later he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Crown’s key witness, who gave evidence through live television-link to ensure her safety, told a Supreme Court jury the accused was one of three to four men who ran into a yard moments after about seven shots rang out in the area.
The witness claimed she was sitting on the porch with her boyfriend at the time, and said she could clearly see the men, who were about five to ten feet away. She said due to the set-up of the porch, she was able to see Simmons, but he could not see her.
She also claimed Simmons was carrying a small gun. She said she witnessed Simmons trying to stuff the gun into his waist to conceal it shortly after he and the other men ran into the yard.
However, the witness later said she did not see Simmons shoot and kill anyone with this gun at the time of the incident in question.
Simmons is represented by attorney Moses Bain while Darell Taylor represents the Crown.
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