Police constable Lincoln McCoy, who shot dead his lover and attempted suicide in 2013, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Lloyd Hibbert on Friday, May 6.
Constable McCoy was found guilty of murder in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston on Wednesday, April 13.
Sentencing was delayed on April 29, due to McCoy’s attorney, Carlton Collman, failing to turn up.
At the sentencing, Collman asked for leniency, pointing out that the former constable has two children, ages four and nine years old. He further noted that the children were suffering without their father.
However, Justice Lloyd Hibbert rejected the suggestion by the attorney by pointing out that King had begged for her life, but McCoy still killed her.
McCoy was later sentenced to life in prison, but will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) secured its first murder conviction when a seven member jury found McCoy, guilty of the murder of 21-year-old cashier Jessica King, of Mill Bank District in Portland. The two were in a relationship that went sour.
McCoy was assigned to the Buff Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Office at the time of the incident.
Reports are that on August 14, 2013, Cons. McCoy shot and killed Ms. King and then made an unsuccessful attempted to kill himself, at the Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio at approximately 5:45 p.m.
The trial of McCoy began in the Home Circuit Court on April 4, 2016 before Justice Lloyd Hibbert. The matter was prosecuted by crown counsels, director of public prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn and Joel Brown.
At the trial, evidence was led that Cons McCoy shot King in the forehead and neck from almost point blank range and that McCoy then used his service pistol to shoot himself twice.
