KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A High Court judge has sentenced a 56-year-old fisherman to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of causing the death of his friend, Cameron Alexander, a security guard, whom he struck in the head with a rum bottle in August 2023.

Justice Rickie Burnett imposed the sentence on Joel Ashton, alias ‘Goat’, deducting two months and three days from the 10-year jail term, representing the period the convicted man had spent on remand awaiting trial.

The court heard that between August 26 and September 1, 2023, at Lowmans Bay, a coastal community located on the leeward side of St Vincent, Ashton caused Alexander’s death by an unlawful act.