Man Found Guilty in 2022 High Street Shooting Incident

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A High Court judge has found Damien Joseph guilty of shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in a case stemming from a 2022 incident in St. John’s.

Justice Ann Marie Smith delivered the verdict following a judge-only trial that began Monday, where Joseph represented himself against charge.

The conviction relates to an incident on May 30, 2022, when Joseph allegedly fired at fellow Cassada Gardens resident Kelvin Constant as he drove along High Street around 7:30 pm.

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According to court evidence, Constant was driving his pickup truck when he observed Joseph and his cousin walking in the opposite direction.

As they neared each other, Joseph reportedly discharged a firearm at the lower part of Constant’s windshield.

The bullet shattered a speaker tweeter before lodging in the truck’s cabin. Though the shot missed Constant he immediately contacted emergency services to report the incident.

Joseph now awaits sentencing while in His Majesty’s Prison.

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Comments (8)

  • Faithful National #1 March 22, 2025, 11:41 AM

    Let me try……again!!!
    JUSTCE FOR CHANTEL CRUMP NOW!!! WHY WAS THE SUSPECTED PERPETRATOR RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE??? THIS REEKS TO HIGH HEAVEN! WHY ARE WE COOPERATING WITH FOREIGN CHILD KILLERS AND THEIR KILLER WANNABES AGAINST DEFENSELESS ANTIGUANS? LEST WE FORGET….I DEMAND, JUSTICE FOR CHANTEL NOW!!!
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    • Teacher for Life March 23, 2025, 5:32 AM

      Faithful are you saying that the man the child murdering bitch was with was released? If so, we need answers from the top to the bottom and we need them now. So Mr. Prime Minister and everyone beneath you, we await an explanation.
      Reply
  • Curious March 22, 2025, 2:23 PM

    It’s like they straying away from the 9 year old that was kidnap tell us give us more information don’t just let this pass like that
    Reply
  • Juju Bee March 22, 2025, 2:38 PM

    what the hell. So suppose the bullet had hit the man now, you would have been charged with murder. Like all you doesnt think before all you act
    Reply
  • Unruly One March 22, 2025, 2:39 PM

    You do the crime you do the time.
    Reply
  • Antigua Surf March 22, 2025, 3:22 PM

    hmmm. Every criminal has to pay. but any how according to Faithful national #1, we want justice and we need answers!!!!
    Reply
  • Romeo March 22, 2025, 4:28 PM

    Justice for Chantel. I dont want to hear anything else, read about anything else and see nothing else. We want justice for this girl, I don’t know why every story on Antiguanews is not about Chantel. The population dont really care about much these days
    Reply
  • Donna March 22, 2025, 8:25 PM

    Antiguans, if we need justice for Chantel Crump, let us come out in our numbers as a people marching in the streets like the people did back in the Bible around the city walls of Jericho
    Reply

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