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Four Year Sentence Handed Down For Cooler Fete Shooting

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Source: 721 News 13 Sep 2023 04:38 PM

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten The Court of First Instance in Sint Maarten has haNDed down an uncoNDitioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl sentence of four year in youth detention in a case of attempted manslaughter aND illegal firearms possession. The verdict delivered on Wednesday, pertains to a shooting that transpired near the Festival Village after the 2022 Cooler Fete event.

That incident left one person severely injured aND the presence of a secoND person at the time in the shooting led to the two counts of attempted manslaughter aND two counts of illegal firearm possession.

Convicted is JJR, who owing to his age at the time of the shooting, received a sentence in accordance with juvenile crimiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl law.

The court also sentenced JJR to pay SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAf. 50,000, the maximum allowed by the law in a crimiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl procedure, to the shooting victim for the severe pain aND sufferinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS inflicted due to the shooting. Failure to pay this peSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAlty will result in an additioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl 285 days imprisonment with the obligation to pay the damages will applicable.

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