R v Edwards & others sentencing remarks
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 25 March 2022 |
| Subject Matter | Sentencing Remarks |
| Court | Crown Court |
REGINA
-v-
JASON EDWARDS
LEE STRICKLAND
DIONNE TIMMS-WILLIAMS
SENTENCING REMARKS
HHJ DANIEL WILLIAMS
1. You fall to be sentenced for robbing and murdering Dr Gary Jenkins and for assaulting
a man who bravely tried to stop the attack upon him. You were convicted by a jury. The
nature of the trial was to focus on the actions of the 3 of you.
2. It is time to focus now on the life of Gary Jenkins. Gary Jenkins was kind, generous,
compassionate and humane. He was a much-loved husband, father, brother, uncle and
friend.
3. He gave his professional life as a Psychiatrist to relieving the suffering of others; he
went the extra mile for his patients.
4. All those who knew and loved him have been left with a void in their lives which will
never be filled. The world is the drabber for his passing; less kind, less colourful and
with less humour, music and energy. It will, I have no doubt, be of some comfort to
those who most keenly feel his loss, to reflect on the good that he did in his 54 years
and not the terrible injustice of his last moments.
5. It was Gary Jenkins’s tragic misfortune to cross your path that night.
6. Jason Edwards and Lee Strickland – you were drinking on Queen Street when
you saw DTW walking in your direction. The three of you bought alcohol and went to
Bute Park in the early hours of the morning.
7. You did not go to the Park just to drink; you could have carried on doing that where
you were; you didn’t go to the Park to rob anybody; there were any number of potential
victims outside the park.
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