High Court Hands Down a Life Sentence for Marlon Everett

A life sentence has been handed down by Justice Candance Nanton in a murder case involving thirty-three-year-old Marlon Everett.  He was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Albert Johnson which occurred in April 2018.  In imposing the life sentence, Everett was informed that he will not be eligible for parole until he has served twenty-eight years in prison.  Johnson was shot and killed while he was walking ahead of two other persons on Regent Street.  According to the main witness, Everett was walking approximately six feet behind Johnson when he, the Crown’s witness, pushed his hand inside his pants, produced a firearm and handed it to Everett who crept up behind Johnson and fired two shots, fatally injuring him.  Despite the murder being captured on surveillance footage, the identity of the shooter was not clear.  A police officer was also called as a witness who testified to being able to identify the gunman as Everett, after recognizing him from the footage.  Everett’s sentence takes effect retroactively, from April twenty-first, 2018.