By: Lanetra Bennett
April 8, 2013

Jefferson County, FL - A British tourist whose boyfriend was shot and killed at a Florida rest stop nearly 20 years ago will have to face one of his convicted killers again.

Ours were the only cameras rolling when Aundra Akins walked into court in Jefferson County this morning.

He is one of the men accused of killing British tourist Gary Colley and injuring his girlfriend at a Jefferson County rest stop back in 1993.

The First District Court of Appeals recently threw out Akins' life sentence and ordered him to be re-sentenced.

That means Colley's girlfriend will have to make the trip across the pond again to testify about that terrifying night.

Prosecutor Eddie Evans says, "In a case this old, it brings up a lot of history and a lot of pain for people in the past that everybody thought this issue was settled. Now, we're reopening old wounds, so they're going to be looking at getting out of prison. Where for years and years and years they thought they would not. So, that is a very difficult thing for someone to have to go through."

The DCA ruled Akins' life sentence for attempted murder was "unconstitutional" because Akins was just 14 at the time of the crime.

Today, the judge set a tentative re-sentencing date of May 28th.

By: Lanetra Bennett
April 8, 2013

Jefferson County, FL - Aundra Akins went before Judge Karen Gievers at the Jefferson County Courthouse this morning.

Judge Gievers said that it would be unfair to proceed with re-sentencing Akins because he did not have an attorney. The public defenders office has a conflict of interest. Therefore, the prosecutor says the Regional Conflict Council will most likely represent Akins.

A new court date to re-sentence Akins was tentatively set for May 28th.

The girlfriend of the victim, Margaret Jagger, is expected to come from England to testify at the hearing.

November 30, 2012 by Julie Montanaro

One of the teens accused of killing a British tourist at a Jefferson County rest stop nearly 20 years ago will soon get a new day in court.

Aundra Akins is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

The First District Court of Appeals today ruled that sentence "unconstitutional," because Akins was just 14 at the time of the crime.

Akins was among those convicted of shooting and killing British tourist Gary Colley and wounding his girlfriend Margaret Jagger back in 1993.

The appeals court ordered Akins to be resentenced on the attempted murder charge.

To read the opinion for yourself log on to: http://opinions.1dca.org/written/