The man who was convicted this month of the murder of two businessmen at a farm in Clarendon has been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment and must serve 40 years imprisonment each at hard labour before he can be eligible for parole.

The sentences were passed on Richard Hamilton, 24, labourer, of Old Harbour, St. Catherine. The sentences are to run concurrently.

A 12-member jury had convicted Hamilton on February 9 in the Home Circuit Court but Justice Carol Beswick put off sentencing until yesterday.

The businessmen were shot dead at a farm at Longville Park, Clarendon on March 26, 2002.