Last week Thursday, we told you about 27 year-old Shandoy Jeffords, who was convicted of manslaughter and burglary for the gruesome 2005 killing of 50 year-old Antonio Almendarez, the security guard at Fidos Bar in San Pedro.
Today, he was given a 10-year sentence by Justice Adolph Lucas.
In mitigation to the court, Jeffords begged for leniency. He also maintained that he was wrongfully convicted for this killing, and that he wanted a chance to be in his son's life and to try to be a positive role model in the near future.
After considering his plea, Justice Lucas sentenced him to serve 10 years for the manslaughter and 7 years for the burglary. These sentences are to run concurrent to the 2 years that he already is serving for a firearm and ammunition conviction in Magistrate's Court.
As a result, he will only serve 10 years for this conviction.
As we reported, Almendarez was performing his security duties for Fido's Restaurant and Bar, when 2 men ambushed him at closing time on July 25, 2005.
His assailants handcuffed him with his own handcuffs, placed duct tape on his legs and mouth, clubbed him over the head with a blunt object, and slit his throat, all in an attempt steal over $18,000 dollars.
