Appeals court to rule on convicted cop killers' fates

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THE COURT of Appeal on Tuesday reserved its decision in the case of the two men who were convicted for the fatal shooting of Detective Sergeant Maurice Shirley in a bar in Spanish Town, St Catherine, in April 2000.

A Home Circuit Court jury convicted them in March 2008 of the murder.

The men are 28-year-old Wayne Morris, also called 'Rape', and 25-year-old Dean Reid, also called 'Sampoochie', both labourers of March Pen Road, St Catherine.

Supreme Court judge Lloyd Hibbert sentenced them to life imprisonment and ordered that they must each serve 35 years' imprisonment before they are eligible for parole.

Shirley was shot dead in April 2000 in a bar in Strathmore Gardens, near Spanish Town, and his firearm stolen.

When the men were arrested, they gave cautioned statements, admitting the role they each played in the murder.

They are appealing against their convictions and sentences and the court has promised to give its decision at an early date