Man sentenced to 30 years for murdering Jamaican hairdresser

ST JOHN’S (CMC):

Shawn Mussington, the man who was found guilty of murdering a Jamaican hairdresser with whom he had a relationship, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

He was sentenced when he appeared in the High Court on Tuesday.

Mussington was found guilty of the capital offence following a jury trial in March.

The judge ordered that the sentence be reviewed after Mussington would have served 20 years.

Mussington was charged for the brutal killing of his former partner, Simone Whyte-Barrington, an offence which occurred on November 14, 2020.

During the trial, which lasted about a week, the prosecution led evidence which showed that Mussington was unable to get over his break-up with Whyte-Barrington.

The prosecution painted Mussington as a stalker, describing his action as a cowardly sneak attack. The Crown also posited that he was obsessed with her and did not want to let go, so he became dangerous.

Mussington stabbed Whyte-Barrington in the chest with a knife during a gathering function.

It’s reported that he had been monitoring her movements on the fateful night before he held on to her as she passed him and inflicted the fatal wound.

The Jamaican hairdresser died on the scene.