Thirty Years for Convicted Murderer Dean Slusher

Dean Slusher, a convicted murderer, will serve a fixed sentence of thirty years in prison.  That was the decision handed down by Justice Nigel Pilgrim today.  Slusher was found guilty of the murder of land surveyor Philip Chin in 2004, two years after land surveyor Philip Chin was shot and killed during an armed robbery.  That incident took place in February 2002, when Slusher, then nineteen years old, lured Chin using a honey trap to rob him of his firearm.  He was initially sentenced to death, and that judicial punishment was later varied by the Court of Appeal to life in prison with no minimum term.  When Slusher appeared before the High Court today, he was given a permanent sentence of thirty years in prison.  Slusher was represented in court today by attorney Dale Cayetano.