THE MAN who was convicted in 2009 of manslaughter arising from the fatal stabbing and chopping of 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King is pursuing his appeal against his conviction and sentence.
Sheldon Pusey, 25, waiter and carpenter of Hopewell district near Gordon Town, St Andrew, was convicted by a Home Circuit Court jury on March 16, 2009.
When Pusey's appeal came up for hearing on Monday, the court was told that his appeal could not proceed because he was seeking the services of a senior lawyer to assist with the appeal.
The case was taken off the court list for another date to be set.
King was fatally stabbed at his home at Waterloo Road, St Andrew, between March 19 and 20, 2006. The body had 30 stab wounds.
Evidence was given at the trial that King led a homosexual lifestyle, but the prosecutors asked the jury not to have any sympathy or bias in the case. Pusey had admitted in a question-and-answer interview, conducted by Superintendent McArthur Sutherland, that he killed King because he was trying to "rape" him.
Pusey is contending in the grounds of appeal which were filed by attorney-at-law Berriston Bryan (now deceased) that none of the 460 videotapes showing King's homosexual activities had been tendered in court.
Potential trauma
He is contending that the defence had formally requested that "the jury be shown at least two or three of the videos that were recorded by the said Peter King in his homosexual activities, from the more than 460 videos that were in the possession of the prosecution or the police, which could have explained the gravity and graphic extent of the danger and traumatic condition that the appellant (Pusey) would have been subjected to in such an encounter," but the request was denied.
Pusey is also appealing against his conviction on the grounds that two knives taken from the home of the deceased had not been tendered in evidence.
After Pusey was convicted, Justice Marva McIntosh (now retired) sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment.
Bryan, 72, was badly beaten and fatally stabbed at his home in July 2009.
barbara.gayle@gleanerjm.com
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My notes:
this looks like another attempt at a fishing expedition again to see who's on those alleged tapes that were said to be found at Peter's house under the guise of an appeal, a who unu a try fool ? gay panic defense and we all know everyone even after so many years is itching to hear or see who was or are on those tapes that were supposedly seized from Ambassador King's home after the gruesome find.
I strongly suspect Sheldon Pusey the accused as gay or bisexual and maybe was in the Ambassador's company as gay for pay which is not surprising. When some of these characters are caught they deny down to the ground that they were ever involved in any homosexual activity whatsoever to save face.
What you think?
Peace and tolerance
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6 comments:
Fuck him...he should have been convicted of murder, not manslaughter. His grounds for appeal are all variations of the gay panic defence that worked for him at his trial. He got off (relatively) lightly.
Definitely should have been convicted of Murder, this 'he tried to rape me' excuse is just getting old now. 'I, a young fit man of 25, needed to stab this elderly rapist 30 times....'
They must think we stupid!
Bull Shit. Clearly a gay for pay case. But who said that he isnt gay? Rape? ahhhhhhh, sah. Rape eh? Thats what they all cry when they get caught. Yeah, another attempt to see the tapes.
Why don't folks believe a powerful man could have coerced a young, poor man into sexual activity, whether he is gay or not? Why do we read these stories over and over of these men killing their important lovers? King is no sympathetic figure. Allegations of sexual coercion should be taken seriously and given a fair hearing. We see the same thing with young people's allegations of sexual abuse: everyone sides with the powerful person. Showing some empathy for sexual abuse takes a stand as a community against the widespread ideas that homosexuality is predatory and that gay people are protected by our privilege.
I don't think this case is one similar to Rev Eddie Long and that of coercion it is public knowledge or at best perceived Ambassador King was a homosexual not as Eddie Long who denied or bashed the lifestyle only to be outed in a sense.
Why would a Pusey find himself in the man's house given the circumstances of the case? he was in his underpants in King's bedroom according to a witness during the trial to which he hasn't denied to my knowledge so far. This seems to be downlow gone bad we can speculate from previous cases such as this that maybe something changed in the relationship, jealousy perhaps, maybe a threat of another "lover" invading his "space" all kinds of speculations come to the fore.
but why do these murders happen repeatedly if there isn't some coercion or social violence going on? you don't kill the milk cow unless it butt you
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