Woman Trying to Overturn Her 35-Year Murder Sentence and Conviction

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A woman who’s serving a 35-year sentence for the setting up the murder of a witness is trying to overturn her conviction and sentence. 

The Privy Council heard arguments in the final appeal for Caryn Moss, who was convicted in 2018 of  conspiring to murder O’Neil Marshall, the prosecution’s key witness in an abetment to murder case.

Marshall’s bullet-riddled and partially burned body was found in the parking lot of an abandoned grocery store on Market Street on May 1, 2016.

Moss told police that on numerous occasions, from December 2015 up to the day of the murder, she was approached by three separate men who offered her $200,000 if she would betray Marshall, who was supposed to be in protective custody.

Moss eventually lured Marshall out and left him in a car with the child safety locks engaged, through Yorkshire Street, before she heard multiple gunshots.

Moss’ lawyer argued that conspiracy offenses require at least two people and that she was the only one charged.

They also argued that Moss was not a willing participant as she was afraid that she would be killed.

Those arguments were rejected by the Supreme Court and the Bahamas Court of Appeal.