TWO Westmoreland men currently serving life sentences for the 2011 murder of a 72-year-old housewife during a home invasion, and the wounding with intent of her then 67-year-old husband, have lost their bid to bring fresh evidence on their appeal.

The men, Carvel Hines and Bruce Lamey, were convicted in February of 2017 by a seven-member jury for the offences of wounding with intent and murder in the Westmoreland Circuit Court. In March that year they were both sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment at hard labour for the offences of wounding with intent and life imprisonment for murder, respectively.

In respect of the life sentence, each was ordered to serve 33 years’ before becoming eligible for parole. It was further ordered that the sentences should run concurrently. In 2018 an application by the two for leave to appeal was refused. In a second application for leave to appeal, the men also applied for the admission of fresh evidence.