Published 15 December 2024
Buckie Got It
St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
BRENT EDWARDS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR NEVIS HIT-AND-RUN
On December 13th , 2024, at the Charlestown High Court, His Lordship Justice Patrick Thompson, Jr. sentenced Brent Edwards of Rawlins, Nevis, to serve three (3) years and six (6) months in His Majesty’s Prison. Mr Edwards pleaded guilty to his charges of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving and Failing to Immediately Stop at the Scene of an
Accident. The charges stem from a hit-and-run accident that occurred in New River, Nevis, on July 15th , 2023, which left eighty (80)-year-old Florence Ella Merchant of Zion, Nevis, severely injured. She succumbed to her injuries on July 17th
, 2023.