Mom basks in justice for son’s killer
Nov 30th, 2022 | Category: Special Reports | 3:09#JamaicaGleaner NOVEMBER 30, 2022: Hortense Barrett Gordon, the mother of the young St Mary mason who was viciously murdered by his drinking partner in 2017 rejoiced on Tuesday that her son’s killer was sent to prison for at least 27 years after receiving a life sentence. The confessed killer, 36-year-old Bastene Gillespie, was sentenced for the gruesome May 17 murder of 23-year-old Theodore ‘Theo’ James, who was shot and stabbed to death in Gayle in the parish.
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