Defence, prosecution differ over sentence for granddad’s slaying
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October 31, 2026
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Prosecutors have called for a 25-year sentencing starting point for a man who killed his grandfather, rejecting the defence’s proposed 15 years and its argument that the fatal attack involved a mutual struggle.
Keon Curwen Downes, of Rose Hill, St Peter, previously denied murdering Grenville Cumberbatch on June 16, 2021, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
During his reappearance in the No. 4 Supreme Court, his defence counsel Safiya Moore said that not every conviction for manslaughter warranted life imprisonment.
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