He was also ordered to serve 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of Ms Pinder’s 16 year-old daughter, Calvonya Grant.
After an hour long deliberation, the ten-woman, two-man jury voted 12-0 on the murder charge and 9-3 on the attempted murder charge.
Family members of the victims were at the trial and were happily singing as they left the courtroom. The deceased’s son, Omar Pinder, 21, was outside the court house and was visibly relieved at the outcome of the trial.
“There are no words for how we feel right now,” he said. “I know my mother is happy now. I am speechless.”
According to other family members, the family can now experience some closure, as “justice has been served.”
As the jury presented the verdict, Mr Brennen sat “emotionless” in the courtroom.
When the hearing was over and family members of the victims and the convicted man left the courthouse, a shouting match ensued between the two groups. Ms Pinder’s family was walking through Bank Lane and Mr Brennen’s family was on Parliament Street, as the two spat angry words at each other.
As the argument heated up, the families drew closer and police officers had to jump in to separate them.
“Coming Back Home,” Ms Pinder’s son sang, as he walked through Bank Lane.
“That was my mother’s favourite song and I dedicate that to her.”
The 36-year-old Yellow Elder resident, was found guilty of the Oct 29 shooting incident, where Ms Pinder, 34, was shot in the chest, after exiting a bus on Farrington Road. Her daughter was shot in the thigh.
Mr Brennen will return to court on other charges, as he is accused of conspiring to murder the 16-year-old C R Walker High School student. His brother, Cordell Nelson Brennen, 38, of Pastel Gardens, was arraigned on the same charge.
Police alleged that the Brennen brothers, along with other unknown persons, conspired to cause the death of Calvonya Grant on Saturday April 30. She was shot twice in the back, when two men invaded her Fort Fincastle home by forceful entry and opened fire on her.
Justice Jon Isaacs presided over yesterday’s case.
By: IANTHIA SMITH, The Nassau Guardian
