Adidja “Vybz Kartel” Palmer’s sentencing was postponed in the Supreme Court this morning after Justice Lennox Campbell and the lawyers agreed that certain guidelines regarding sentencing were not ironed out.
VYBZ Kartel will only be allowed to record music in prison if the Department of Correctional Services deems him fit to be part of a rehabilitation programme, depending on his conduct, a former prison official said.
Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday, April 3.
Kartel seemed composed as he awaited his fate in the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston. His demeanour was in stark contrast to two Thursdays ago when the jury handed down the guilty verdict.
After the judge announced the delay, Kartel’s attorney, Tom Tavares-Finson, said his client was maintaining his innocence although he had accepted the ruling of the jury.
“My client bears no ill will against anyone in this case. We are asking for no leniency. We put our faith in the justice system of this country and at an appropriate time we will seek justice,” he said.