Shawn Mussington Gets 30 Years for Murder of Ex-girlfriend
Shawn Mussington has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with the possibility of review in 20 years for the murder of his ex-partner Simone Whyte-Barrington.
Justice Tunde Bakre handed down the sentence this afternoon after a jury returned a guilty verdict in March in the murder case.
Mussington was on trial over two weeks for the fatal stabbing of Whyte-Barrington, a Jamaican hairdresser, who was killed at an event at her workplace on Market and Tanner Streets on November 14, 2020.
During the trial, witnesses testified to a tumultuous relationship between the two and said that despite being pushed away by Whyte-Barrington, Mussington still made advances.
Mussington had given his own account in court, claiming that he was physically and verbally abused although he was a good partner.
His lawyer Wendel Robinson tried to argue that constant ill treatment coupled with alcohol drinking that night led him to stab the deceased.
Meanwhile, Mussington apologized to the court for his actions claiming that he truly loved Whyte-Barrington.
Nevertheless, Mussington was found guilty by the jury and will now serve his sentence behind bars.
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