AK47 shooter to be sentenced for Manslaughter
Thirty-three year old Marcus Moh, a resident of Sarteneja Village, appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas in court today for sentencing following the 2008 murder of Kirk Smith. On October eleventh, 2008 both men got into an altercation on Turneffe Island over the stealing of lobsters. Moh subsequently drew an AK47 assault rifle and shot Smith in the abdomen. He later confessed to the crime and accompanied Corozal police to the island where they found Smith‘s lifeless body. Two of Smith’s colleagues witnessed the shooting and told police that they were also fired upon by Moh. A mitigation plea by JP Ramos Reyes was heard on Moh’s behalf after which sentencing was deferred following an appeal by senior counsel Simeon Sampson to impose a term of ten to fifteen years for Moh. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions failed to provide the court with a similar case to offer Justice Lucas the necessary guidelines as it relates to sentencing. Marcus Moh will reappear before the court on Friday October twenty-ninth where he will learn his fate.
A term of ten to fifteen years for Moh.
The idiot killed a man, and then tried to kill two others over some lobsters. No matter what he still goes free of attempted murder.
Therefore Smith’s colleagues must be lucky they are still alive.
Its becoming a pattern that citizens or some of these criminals commit these crimes which, to us, are obviously deliberate and gruesome in some cases, however our justice system has long ago failed its people. This is a crime that requires this moron to spend the rest of his sick life in jail. So if u and I can see this, why can’t the idiots in the justice department also see it? I think this sick trend will in time crowd our prisons and before you know it we will have a hellish Belize on a whole! Its sickening to think and witness the deplorable level that my country has stooped to…may God help us all!
Moh deserves to be locked up and throw away the keys, I see this as premeditated murder he planned it and carried out the act now he is hoping that he have enough money to be set free, he has taken the law in his own hand this is a vigilante act what if Smith’s comrades decides to do the same thing and come after him the legal system has a job to do and to set an example that this type of behavior will not be tolerated in the country, now let’s see how capable they are of carrying out their duties.