Whitey Ford
12-10-2024, 07:53 AM
Drug dealer who got $4m payout after he was 'wrongly' jailed for murder is sent back to jail after admitting another killing (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14171787/Shaurn-Thomas-plead-guilty-murder-Akeem-Edwards.html)
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A Philadelphia man who received a $4.1million settlement from city officials after he served 24 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit is headed back to jail.
Shaurn Thomas, now 50, pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to killing 38-year-old Akeem Edwards on January 3, 2023 over a $1,200 drug debt, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
'He said it's his third homicide and he said he can't go back to jail,' Veasy testified.
She further claimed Thomas told her he knew where her children and her family lived and to 'keep my mouth quiet or else.'
But a few weeks later, a federal informant told homicide detectives that Thomas had discussed Edwards' murder with him and said Veasy was with him.
The informant also claimed Thomas put out a hit on Veasy out of concern she might cooperate with investigators, the Inquirer reports.
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A Philadelphia man who received a $4.1million settlement from city officials after he served 24 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit is headed back to jail.
Shaurn Thomas, now 50, pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to killing 38-year-old Akeem Edwards on January 3, 2023 over a $1,200 drug debt, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
'He said it's his third homicide and he said he can't go back to jail,' Veasy testified.
She further claimed Thomas told her he knew where her children and her family lived and to 'keep my mouth quiet or else.'
But a few weeks later, a federal informant told homicide detectives that Thomas had discussed Edwards' murder with him and said Veasy was with him.
The informant also claimed Thomas put out a hit on Veasy out of concern she might cooperate with investigators, the Inquirer reports.