(Jamaica Observer) Dantay Brooks, the 18-year-old son of entertainer Mavado, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston yesterday.
Brooks will have to serve 22 years before he is eligible for parole.
He was sentenced to 15 years on the illegal possession of firearm charge and 15 years on the arson charge. All charges will be served concurrently.
Brooks’s co-accused, Andre Hinds, was also sentenced to life imprisonment. He, however, will have to serve 17 years before he is eligible for parole. He was also sentenced to 15 years on the illegal possession of firearm charge and 15 years on the arson charge.
Brooks’s lawyer, Peter Champagnie, promised to appeal.
