At that time, Virgin Islands Superior Court (which is subordinate to the federal court) Presiding Judge Darryl Donohue sentenced the brother-sister Nantons to four years in prison for third-degree assault and 10 years for possession of a dangerous weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Donohue, a former U.S. Attorney prosecutor in the Virgin Islands, ordered that the sentences run concurrently.

The non-dynamic duo originally were charged with first-degree assault, third-degree assault and possession of a dangerous weapon, but jurors did not convict them on the first-degree assault charge.

During the sentencing hearing, Nicole Nanton’s losing Christiansted attorney, Thomas Alkon, feebly tried to get the court to believe that the incident was a bar brawl that turned tragic but that it was not Nicole Nanton or her brother Virgil who possessed the knife or committed the stabbing.

SCENE OF THE CRIME: Alfredo Andrews Elementary School in Estate Kingshill at mid-island St. Croix.