Murderer to serve 38 years

A calculated and cold killing which deserved a punitive and deterrent sentence.

That was how Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell described Shakira Carlann Blackman’s murder of Shanice Miller five years ago.

“The actions of [Blackman] were premeditated, as seen from her WhatsApp messages, in which she declared her intention was to kill the deceased,” the judge said yesterday as she sentenced Blackman to 42 years in prison.

The killer will, however, spend 38 years, 305 days after deductions.