Bermuda Court of Appeal orders retrial for man convicted of murdering Jamaican
Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2020 | 9:33 AM
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial for a man found guilty of murdering a 30-year-old Jamaican man.
Kiari Tucker was sent to prison last July for at least 25 years for killing Morlan Steede, a father of one, plus 10 years for use of a firearm.
Tucker, a Bermudian, who was 23 at the time of the original trial, appealed the conviction and sentence and a judgment was published on Tuesday.
Sir Christopher Clarke, president of the Court of Appeal, said that the panel found that the failure of Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves to point out an inconsistency in timings on the night of the crime as well as his treatment of evidence related to cell site masts “compromised the fairness of the trial and amounted to a substantial miscarriage of justice.”
Last year’s trial jury heard that Steede was chased through the Deepdale area of Pembroke parish on the night of November 3, 2017.
The gunman shot him three times in the back and once in the arm.
Steede, known as Clappa, was rushed to hospital where he died.
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