Sentencing put off for painter who pleaded guilty in murder of Paulwell’s daughter, child’s mother
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July 25, 2026
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The sentencing of David Smith, one of the men who pleaded guilty to being involved in the abduction and killing of politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah, and her mother, Toshyna Patterson, has been postponed until October 2.
Smith, a 35-year-old painter who entered guilty pleas last month under a plea agreement, was yesterday remanded after Chief Justice Bryan Sykes indicated that he required more time to consider a legal authority recently filed by the Crown.
The chief justice explained that prosecutors had submitted a new authority yesterday to replace one on which they were no longer relying.
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