Justice Williams also handed down his sentence for 21 year-old Kevaughan Staine, who he convicted of attempted murder. The judge has ruled that he will spend 10 years in jail for attempting to kill his own cousin, Taisha Staine.
As we reported, the incident happened on the night of New Years Eve 2013. Staine was walking on Gladden Street, heading home, when Kevaughan rode up on a bicycle and shot her in the neck. She tried to escape, but he pursued her, firing more shots, which injured her to her left leg, her left hand, her back, and her chest. Fortunately, she survived the attack.
At today's sentencing hearing, the judge heard a mitigation plea on his behalf, and Kevaughan, his mother, and his sister tried to convince the judge to be lenient on him.
After consideration, the judge sentence him to 12 years, but he deducted 2 years because he was only 16 when he committed the offense, and he was on remand for 4 months. That means that Staine will spend 10 years in jail.
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