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Officer Facing Prosecution for Shooting Unarmed School Boy
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police Corporal Dennis Sturrup will be prosecuted after a Coroner’s jury recommended a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of an unarmed schoolboy seven years ago.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police Corporal Dennis Sturrup will be prosecuted after a Coroner’s jury recommended a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of an unarmed schoolboy seven years ago.
Sturrup fatally shot 15-year-old Gino Finley Jr after he dropped his gun during a police pursuit on May 23, 2017.
Finley, a tenth grade student of R M Bailey High School, was a suspect in the armed robbery of the QVS Pharmacy on Prince Charles Drive.
He was killed while allegedly fleeing the police officers who responded to the hold-up.
Sturrup was committed to stand trial when he was handed voluntary bill of indictment papers during a brief appearance before Coroner Kara Turnquest-Deveaux.
Sturrup remains on $9,900 bail.\
He’s scheduled to be arraigned before Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson on December 13.
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