THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the 18-year sentence of a man who was accused of killing three people in 2011, after he argued the trial judge erred when he rejected the no case submission and allowed the case to go to the jury.

Shawn Knowles was accused of playing a role in the fatal shooting which claimed the lives of Edward Braynen, Erica Ward and Chackara Rahming on July 30, 2011. The victims were asleep in a one-bedroom apartment when an intruder, who the prosecution alleged to be Knowles, forced his way inside by blasting the locks with a shotgun. Once inside, he shot the eight-month pregnant woman in the head and Braynen in the back using a shotgun.

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