Former guard jailed for 15 years for Middle St shooting death

Lloyd Kandasammy

Rawleston Cummings was yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment after pleading not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Lloyd Kandasammy before Justice Roxane George on September 5.

The initial sentence was set at 35 years, but 12 years were deducted for Cummings’ guilty plea, 5 years for the time he has already served and another 3 for the mitigating factors presented in the probation report.

Cummings was an armed guard employed at Church’s Chicken located at Camp and Middle streets, Georgetown at