Ambassador Peter King
Sheldon Pusey, the man sentenced to 15 years for the killing of Ambassador Peter King, has abandoned his appeal.
Pusey, after being in prison since 2009, has decided to spend his remaining years in custody. The decision was published recently by the Court of Appeal.
Pusey had started his appeal process in 2010, a year after he was sentenced.
However, the transcript of his trial was not completely ready until January this year.
When his appeal commenced, his Attorney told the Court of Appeal that he was abandoning the matter.
In his supporting affidavit, he stated that he has waited seven years for his appeal to be heard by the court, and this was half of his sentence.
He asserted that he had valid grounds of appeal, but would prefer to abandon it because he would become eligible for parole or early release in another couple of years.
The Court of Appeal considered his application curious, but argued that there was nothing preventing it from granting the application to abandon his appeal.
It then granted the application with his conviction recorded as being from April 2009.
Pusey was initially charged with murder following King's death.
However, he was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
He had claimed that he was defending himself when he slashed and chopped the Ambassador, who was found with 30 stab wounds at his home in Waterloo, St Andrew on March 20, 2006.
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