21/02/2026
A murderer must serve at least 48 years at Dodds before he can be considered for release, after a judge ruled that he posed a “clear and present danger” to the public over the “brutal ex*****on style killing” of a 26-year-old St John man.
“I am of the view that given the cold, calculated way you carried out this murder, in the presence of members of the community openly, unmasked, without you apparently being concerned that you would be identified as the perpetrator, says a lot about your potential threat to members of the public. I am of the view that there is a significant risk that you will commit violent offences in the future,” said Justice Laurie-Ann Smith- Bovell while sentencing Gabriel Shando Hayde in the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday.
The resident of Colleton, St John, was convicted by a jury of killing Sherwin Howell last year, formerly of Gall Hill, St John, on 16th February 2020.
