Convicted serial killer Kemar Thompson, whose bloody 2014 crime spree claimed eight lives in three separate incidents across St Catherine, will remain behind bars for at least 66 years and seven months before parole considerations.

This follows the dismissal by the Court of Appeal of his challenge to the sentence imposed by the Home Circuit Court, which he argued was manifestly excessive.

In a ruling affirming the life sentences, the appellate court concluded that although the sentencing judge made several procedural and methodological errors, the punishment was neither excessive nor disproportionate given the “exceptional gravity” of the crimes.