Business couple murderer gets life
Published:Friday | January 23, 2009 | 5:35 PM
Christopher Edgehill, the man convicted of the July 2004 murder of an St Mary couple has been sentenced to life in prison.
He is to serve 40 years before he can be paroled.
Edgehill who was convicted in October last year was sentenced in the Home Circuit Court today.
The court had found that he killed 56-year-old businessman and Justice of the Peace, Winston Chin, and his 50-year-old wife Aileen.
The Chins who operated the Penny Supermarket in Annotto Bay, St Mary were fatally shot at their gate in Bellfield, on the night of July 3, 2004.
They were robbed of a large sum of money and Mr Chin\'s licensed firearm was stolen.
It was later recovered at Edgehill\'s house after he confessed to the police that he participated in the robbery.
Prosecutors Diahann Gordon Harrison and Sanchia Burrell had asked for the death penalty because of the brutal manner in which the Chins were killed.
They said Edgehill had shot Mrs Chin twice while she was running.
But Defence lawyer Dr Randolph Williams opposed the application for the death penalty.
Godfrey Williams and Cecil Wright who are both from Annotto Bay went on trial with Edgehill for the double murder.
But the jury failed to arrive at a verdict in their case and a retrial has been ordered for them.