NASSAU- The appeal of two women convicted of the stabbing murder of their former friend has been postponed until next year.
Defense attorneys Jairam Mangra and Marianne Cadet told the Court that missing transcripts had prevented them for preparing for the appeals of Zaria Burrows and Dervinique Edwards.
The appeal hearing is now set for January 27, 2022.
In June, Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson sentenced the women to 28 years’ imprisonment for their respective roles in the murder of 19-year-old Breanna Mackey.
However, Justice Grant-Thompson gave the convicts credit for time spent on remand. With those deductions, Burrows will serve 26 years and three months and Evans will serve 25 years and two months.
Breanna Mackey was kicked, stomped, pelted with rocks and bottles and stabbed in a petty row over a broken phone January 25, 2018.
Jolika Dumosle, who owned the phone, took a plea deal and spent two years’ in prison.
Burrows, who was pregnant at the time, used her car to cut off Mackey as she walked along Key West Street with her sister. She remained in the car during the attack that led to Mackey’s death and acted as the getaway driver.
Her passengers Thea Williams, Matia Sylverain, Davonya Lawes, Dumosle and Edwards got out of the car and attacked Mackey.
Williams produced a knife and stabbed Mackey multiple times in the back.
After the brutal murder, the women went partying. Police arrested Williams, Sylverain, Lawes, and Edwards at a motel. The officers found them huddled in a tub in the bathroom.
Burrows surrendered to police the following day.
Burrows and Edwards rejected plea deals and went to trial.
Williams, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 25 years for stabbing Mackey. Sylverain, 18, who stomped Mackey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years. Davonya Lawes, 19, and Dumosle, 18, who admitted throwing rocks and bottles at Mackey served two years after pleading guilty to causing harm.
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