Glen man to spend 39 more years in jail for 2019 murder

A 34 year old man of Glen will spend the next 39 years in jail for murdering a Belair resident over five years ago, having already spent almost four years on remand.

Uranus Cabral appeared at the High Court before Justice Rickie Burnett on January 17, 2025 where he was sentenced to prison for murdering 49 year old Marcus Corridon, and for using a firearm to aid in the commission of the crime. These offences occurred on August 19, 2019 at Belair. Cabral had pled innocence.

However, he was convicted on both offences on October 18, 2024, and was sentenced on January 17, 2025. The facts are that Corridon was at a bar with two friends. When he went to the bathroom, a man dressed in all black caught their attention. Corridon left his friends and promised he would return. He drove slowly alongside the strange man and appeared to have a conversation with him. When both of them were out of sight, a loud explosion was heard.

A witness testified that Corridon had asked Cabral who he was. Cabral, who was in possession of a gun and had already cocked it. Cabral pointed the gun at Corridon and shot him. Corridon was later found lying in a nearby ditch, and was taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. He died of his injuries that same night.

Cabral confessed the killing to a relative, but the relative did not report the crime immediately because he felt threatened. The relative was fearful that Cabral would harm him if he reported the crime. However, police continued their investigations and arrested Cabral. They cautioned him, but he said nothing in his electronic interviews. In 2021, the relative reported Cabral to the police, which resulted in him being arrested again.

Cabral denied killing Corridon or having anything to do with his death, but was found guilty of the offence. A social Inquiry report revealed that Cabral is the father of a 10 year old son. He started smoking marijuana at age seven. He also was a member of a Police Youth Club. His highest level of education was up to Senior Two in primary school. The court heard that Cabral frequently violates prison rules and threatens prison officers.

His sister said he is a loving person. For murder, Justice Rickie Burnett began sentencing with a starting point of 40 years in prison. Aggravating of the offence was that it was unprovoked, and the firearm was not recovered. There were no mitigating factors of offence. Therefore, the court increased the sentence by two years.

Aggravating of the offender was that he has previous convictions. There were no mitigating factors of him. Therefore, the court increased the sentence by one year. Cabral was not afforded any further discount as he did not plead guilty to the offence. However, he had already spent three years, eight months and seven days on remand.

Therefore, he will serve a remainder of 39 years, three months and 24 days for murder.

For using a firearm to aid in the commission of the offence, the court began sentencing at 16 years and three months. There were no mitigating factors of the offence. Aggravating was that the firearm was unrecovered, and the prisoner is not the holder of a firearm license.

The aggravating outweighed the mitigating factors, therefore, the sentence was increased by two years.

Aggravating of the offender was that Cabral has previous convictions. There were no mitigating factors of him. Therefore, the sentence increased by one year to reflect this. Time spent on remand was also deducted, bringing the remaining sentence to 15 years, six months and 24 days.

Both sentences will run concurrently. This means Cabral will serve only the remaining sentence of 39 years, three months and 24 days, as this is the longer of the two sentences. Lawyer Michael Wyllie represented Cabral in the matter, while Crown Counsel Renée Simmons represented the Crown.