ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Apr 30, CMC -A Dominican national, who had been convicted of murder in 2009, has been deported to his homeland after the balance of his sentence had been commuted by Governor General, Sir Rodney Williams.
Joel Kwame’ Seraphin had pleaded guilty to the murder of Clinton Mannix in 2009 and was sentenced to 25 years. However, Seraphin served nearly 18 years before his receiving the reprieve.
He was flown out of the country on Tuesday with Immigration Officer, Gregson Gardiner, telling the court that the 41-year-old man had been declared a prohibited immigrant by the Chief Immigration Officer on April 25.
Seraphin, along with George Thomas and Andre Nibbs, had been jointly charged with Mannix’s murder. The court heard that between November 5 and 6, 2009, the men took Mannix to a building in St John’s where they questioned him about a cocaine deal that went wrong.
Mannix’s hands were bound and he was taken to an isolated area in Yeptons where he was killed. His bullet-riddled body was found at a beach on November 6, 2009.
Seraphin was among the first set of inmates to benefit from a fully paid scholarship to cover the cost of online studies through a program called Seeds of Hope. He graduated at the top of his class in 2022.
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