Taxi driver Joseph Williams, who pleaded guilty last week to killing a man and wounding another during an ambush on Water Street, was yesterday handed a 15-year jail sentence by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow.
The indictment against Williams was that on July 8, 2013 at Water Street, Kingston, Georgetown, he, along with persons unknown, murdered Victor Da Silva during a robbery. He had initially denied the charge. However, four days into his trial and after nine witnesses had testified, Williams decided to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Da Silva and his best friend, gas station owner Cecil Gajadhar had been heading to a Water Street bank to transact business,
