CHICAGO—A Chicago man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2012 death of a 7-year-old girl who was shot outside her home.
Alleged gang member Jerrell Dorsey has been found guilty of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton while she sold candy with her mother near their Chicago home. https://t.co/yWAHQ0pEZM
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 19, 2019
Jerrell Dorsey was convicted on April 18 by a Cook County jury. The 33-year-old Dorsey was one of two gunmen who opened fire on rival gang members on a West Side street in June 2012, striking Heaven Sutton. The girl was shot near a homemade snack stand where she would sell candy.
Jerrell Dorsey, Found Guilty in Fatal Shooting of 7-year-old Heaven Sut… pic.twitter.com/b5dIs06lh1
— Maggio News, Bloody Chicago (@MaggioNews) April 19, 2019
The man believed to have been the second gunman hasn’t been charged in the shooting. He is awaiting trial for an unrelated attempted murder charge.
Prosecutors say the gunmen had targeted two brothers and shot one in the leg. One brother identified Dorsey as the shooter in grand jury testimony, but recanted on the witness stand this week.
Defense attorney Michael Walsh argued there was no physical evidence tying Dorsey to the crime.
BREAKING: A Cook County jury on Thursday found Jerrell Dorsey guilty of the murder of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton, who was gunned down in front of her home on a warm summer day in 2012, @agrimm34 reports. https://t.co/4ImkmHxJ4c
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) April 18, 2019
.@ABC7Chicago – Suspected gang member found guilty for murder. #JerrellDorsey #HeavenSutton #Chicago #CPD pic.twitter.com/OQMlfzNezQ
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16-Year-Old Sentenced To 27 Years For Murder of Young Girl in Scotland
A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of a 6-year-old girl in Scotland in a case that has gripped the interest of the nation.
Having denied his guilt throughout the nine-day trial last month, Aaron Campbell suddenly confessed to psychologists ahead of the sentencing hearing on March 21. The judge said the confession revealed a “cold, calculating, remorseless” individual.
However, the victim’s family are angry that he was convicted as a juvenile and are calling for the law to be changed so that 16-year-olds can be tried as adults.
The schoolboy was found guilty of killing 6-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute last summer, where she had been staying for a few days with her father and grandparents during the summer holiday.
Her family woke to find her missing from their house on the island in Western Scotland on July 2, the court heard, according to media reports. A short while later, her body was found about a 15 minutes’ walk away, with catastrophic injuries.
Within a day, Campbell’s mother inadvertently put police onto his trail, when she showed them CCTV footage of him leaving the house in the wee hours of the morning, thinking that he might have seen something.
Police discovered more about his movements from other CCTV footage and later found DNA evidence on the body of the victim.
Normally minors cannot be named in such cases. After Campbell had been found guilty, however, the judge was granted permission to release his name by Parliament, as the overwhelming interest in the case had already pushed it far into the public domain.
Epoch Times reporter Simon Veazey contributed to this report.
