Jamaican woman sentenced to 20 years for sister’s murder  

Tamara Geddes, who was shot in her bedroom in the Reserve community in Trelawny last year.
Tamara Geddes, who was shot in her bedroom in the Reserve community in Trelawny last year.

(Jamaica Observer) DUNCANS, Trelawny — Forty-year-old farmer Nadeen Geddes was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labour in the Trelawny Circuit Court for the murder of her sister 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, who was shot in her bedroom in the Reserve community in the parish last year.

She pleaded guilty to the offence on February 8.

The 36-year-old Geddes was reportedly gunned down in the presence of her 10-year-old daughter on Friday, June 19, 2020.

Nadeen’s two daughters — 21-year-old Shanice Ruddock and a 15-year-old — who also pleaded guilty to the charge of misprison of a felony in the case, were sentenced to three years probation.

Following investigation by detectives, Nadeen and her two daughters were taken into custody on July 14, 2020.