Guardian Senior Reporter
A man on Thursday lost his bid to overturn his convictions for murder and atempted murder.
Janaldo Farrington will have to serve his 32-year sentence for the fatal stabbing of Terron Albury and concurrent 22-year sentence for the near fatal stabbing of Kennard McSweeney and Alexander McSweeney.
The victims were all partying at Daddy Joe’s Bar in Eleuthera on December 28, 2009, when Kennard went to use the men’s restroom. Farrington blocked him from entering because his girlfriend was inside.
This caused a heated exchange and Farrington pulled out a knife.
A fight ensued as the other men joined in to stop or assist.
Albury was slashed in the throat as he tried to part the fight.
Alexander was stabbed in the chest and Kennard was stabbed in the leg.
When arrested, Farrington denied killing anyone. He said he got into an altercation with a group of men who tried to gang him after he tried to stop one of them from entering the bathroom his girlfriend was using. He said he swung the knife and ran.
At trial, Farrington did not take the stand or call any witnesses.
However, his lawyer suggested that he was acting in self-defense, a claim rejected by the jury.
