Crookendale pleads guilty to murder as co-accused trial proceeds

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Jenique BelgraveJournalist at Barbados Today

October 1, 2026

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Crookendale pleads guilty to murder as co-accused trial proceeds

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Shawn Orlando Crookendale on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the murder of Anthony Layne, joining two other accused who have already confessed, while the trial of the remaining defendant, the victim’s brother, continues in the Supreme Court.

Attorney Sade Harris, who along with co-counsel Elan Greenidge represented Crookendale, asked for her client to be re-arraigned moments before the trial resumed in the No. 3 Supreme Court.

The plea was accepted by Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Krystal Delaney.

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