A 38-year-old man from Beetham Gar­dens has been re­leased from prison af­ter spend­ing more than half of his life there for mur­der­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer in 2002.

In March 2005, Ker­ron Joseph was con­vict­ed of mur­der­ing 39-year-old po­lice con­sta­ble Kieron Parke by a 12-mem­ber ju­ry be­fore now-re­tired High Court and Ap­peal Court Judge Mal­colm Holdip.

Parke, a fa­ther of two who was as­signed to the Court and Process Branch, was in the process of serv­ing a court sum­mons at a mi­ni-mart at Ajod­ha Street, Don Miguel Road, Barataria on De­cem­ber 30, 2002, when he was shot in his back by Joseph.