WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP):
A FORMER security worker who once worked in Jamaica as a policeman was convicted yesterday of killing a bank machine technician in an attempt to rob the money machines at a bank.
Paul Douglas, 33, was found guilty of murder and attempted bank robbery by a federal jury in White Plains, just north of New York City, and faces up to life in prison when sentenced January 31. Prosecutors had decided against seeking the death penalty.
FOUND DEAD IN CAR TRUNK
Douglas was accused of attacking Milton Moran Jr., 29, at a Citibank in Yonkers when Moran arrived to service the automatic teller machines on April 22, 2004. Moran was found dead in the trunk of his Toyota in the bank parking lot.
The defendant testified that the real killer was a man he could not identify who forced him to help by threatening his girlfriend and son.
On cross-examination, prosecutor Stephen Ritchin mockingly referred to the 'mystery man' and repeatedly reminded Douglas that he had been a policeman in his native Jamaica for 6 1/2 years and had several opportunities to escape any such scheme.
After the killing, Douglas fled to Florida, where he eventually surrendered to police in Coral Springs.
