KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A High Court judge in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has sentenced a 56-year-old fisherman to 10 years in jail 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.

SVG Justice Rickie Burnett imposed the sentence on Joel Ashton also called ‘Goat’, deducting  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 and bay located on the leeward side of St Vincent, Ashton caused Alexander’s death by an unlawful act.