$4,000 - that is how much Police Corporal Sherwood Wade will have to pay for fatally shooting Darnell McDonald back in June of 2003.
A jury of 9 convicted Corporal Wade of manslaughter by negligence on Friday and today, despite the request for a custodial sentence by Prosecutor Cheryl Branker Taitt, Supreme Court Judge Michelle Arana fined him $4,000 with no jail time. Today's sentencing marks the end of Corporal Wade's second trial. His first trial ended in a hung jury. He was charged with manslaughter however on Friday the jury opted to convict on the lesser charge of manslaughter by negligence.
Darnell McDonald was fatally shot on the night of June 14th, 2003 as he drove passed Celina's Nightclub in Ladyville in a van. Corporal Wade was on duty at the time and claims he was aiming at a fleeing suspect when he hit McDonald.
Wade was defended by senior counsel Simeon Sampson. 7NEWS understands that the DPP's office is considering appealing the sentence.