Reggae star, Jah Cure, was convicted of attempted manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison in the Netherlands on Tuesday March 22, 2022.
According to Franklin Wattimena, press officer of the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service, “The 43-year old man was sentenced to six years in prison – with credit for time served – for attempted manslaughter. The court finds him not guilty of attempted murder. His claim of self-defence was rejected by the court.”
Jah Cure’s legal team may choose to appeal the ruling in the Netherlands Court of Appeal.
“Both the 43-year old man and the prosecutor can appeal to the Court of Appeal within two weeks if they disagree with the court’s ruling,” Wattimena said.
The singer, whose real name is Siccaturie Alcock, stabbed event promoter Nicardo ‘Papa’ Blake, 45, on October 1, 2021 in Dam Square, in the city center of Amsterdam, where he was booked for a performance. Cure had performed at Blake’s concert, two days before, in the Melkweg. However, he had not been paid his performance fee of 5,000 euros.
This will not be Jah Cure’s first prison stint. In 1998, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for raping and robbing a woman at gunpoint. He served 8 years.