Teen served life sentence for murder

Fri, Sep 2nd 2011, 11:00 PM

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - A life sentence was handed down to convicted murderer 19-year-old Shavardo McPhee in the Supreme Court on Friday.

He showed no emotion. He wore dark sunglasses as he left the courthouse in handcuffs following the sentence.

Senior Justice Hartman Longley also sentenced McPhee to eight years for the armed robbery charge. That sentence starts from September 2 and will run concurrent with the life sentence.

His co-accused Lavardo Rahming, 26, absconded during the trial in May, and still remains at large.

McPhee and Rahming were found guilty of the November 27, 2008 murder and armed robbery of Brendon Dion Strachan at ...

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