Read storyFor their part in the attempted robbery of the Fantasy Club on Mackey Street, two men were sentenced to 12 years each Thursday.
Jamal Ambrister and Jacob Woodside were convicted by a unanimous decision last November. The attempted holdup took place in January, 2007.
The pair will have to be retried for two murders that prosecutors say are connected to the robbery. Jurors did not reach a verdict on those charges.
According to evidence, the club's guard, Emico Russell, was shot in the chest when he would not open the entrance gate for two armed men.
After the attack, the men left in Ford Explorer that was registered to Shervin Miller Jr. Miller's body was found dumped in bushes near South Ocean.
During the trial, prosecutors played a tape of Ambrister and Woodside leading them to the body. But they claim that police beat them into admitting the robbery.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
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