Appeal Date Set for Man Convicted of Club Murder

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Convicted murderer Vernal Johnson’s appeal will be held in November. 

Johnson learned the date of his hearing during a court appearance on Thursday.

Johnson is serving a 32-year sentence for the February 9, 2018 murder of Rico Taylor.

Prosecutors said the men started to fight after they bumped into each other while at the El Rancho Bar on Hutchinson Street.

Johnson pumped four bullets into Taylor during the fight that was caught on the bar’s surveillance cameras.

At trial, Johnson said that he wrested the gun away from Taylor and shot him in self-defense. However, this version of events was not captured on the security footage.