LIFE SENTENCE … But victim’s mother expresses shock at judge’s ruling

The Antigua sun A sentence of life imprisonment was yesterday handed down by High Court judge, Justice Louise Blenman, to convicted murderer Rudy Monelle, leaving family members of the victim, in shock. The sentence was handed down after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong told the court that he was not seeking the death penalty in this matter. Monelle, 30, was unanimously convicted by a jury for the 9 July murder of his girlfriend Lisa Phillip. Asked about her impression of the sentence, Phillip’s mother, Phyllis Proctor of Greenbay Hill said she did not anticipate that the court would impose such a lengthy sentence.