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Killer in Trelawny church murder to be sentenced today

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2023 | 9:23 AM
Garwood was killed when Bingham fired four shots into her upper body as she worshipped at the Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Falmouth, Trelawny. - File photo

Dwight Bingham, the man who pleaded guilty for the January 2021 murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood in a church, is to be sentenced today in the Trelawny Circuit Court.

He pleaded guilty on July 3 to the charges of illegally possession of a firearm and murder.

Garwood was killed when Bingham fired four shots into her upper body as she worshipped at the Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Falmouth, Trelawny.

Two other persons faced the courts in relation to the killing.

Leon Hines the getaway driver was sentenced to six years in prison, while Javan Garwood, Lowe-Garwood's stepson, was freed of the charges of accessory before the fact and murder.

Bingham refused to give evidence against Garwood during the trial.

- Leon Jackson

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