Another chapter has ended in the tale of a murderer and a talented Bermudian footballer who was injured during one of his attacks.

American Mark Lorenzo Squires was convicted this week for a July 4, 1998, "first degree'' murder in Greensboro and is now on death row in North Carolina's Central Penitentiary in Raleigh-Durham.

And now Squires -- a member of the notorious Los Angeles gang "The Crips'' -- will have a date with an executioner unless an appeal can save his life.

He was also imprisoned for life without parole for another capital murder on June 12, 1998.

Last summer he was cleared of the aggravated assault of Bermudian Lyndon Fubler in Augusta, Georgia on November 13, 1995.

When contacted yesterday, Mr. Fubler said: "You know, when I found out I did have a smile on my face, but I really don't know if I should be happy or sad.

"In a sense, that could be what he needs, but he was found not guilty of shooting me,'' he added.

Mr. Fubler added: "The prosecutors said he admitted shooting me but he denied it during the trial. But he's now facing this sentence and there's no telling when it's going to happen.

"I think it would be better for him to serve a life sentence and suffer that way because I have to suffer for the rest of my life. Yes, I still feel that justice was not served by me.'' Squires was convicted of shooting Mr. Fubler's family friend Sheila Kitchens and her younger brother George five years ago.

Hours after a judge sentenced Squires to 105 years without parole for the Kitchens' shootings, he was trucked to North Carolina for this month's trial.

Squires fled the scene of the Fubler/Kitchens shooting and committed the 1998 murders while on the run. He was caught shortly after.

There was a US-wide manhunt on for him with warrants for assaults issued in Colorado.

An accomplice was convicted of driving Squires to Ms Kitchens' home and of holding her as she was shot, which constitutes kidnapping in US law. He was sentenced to 55 years.

Mr. Fubler, a former policeman, was at Augusta College on a soccer scholarship and is now working on the Island.

During the Georgia trial, Mr. Fubler said he endured months of arduous physical therapy, including relearning how to read and write. He is under doctor's orders to not play football.

He had stopped by the Kitchens' family home to take George to school. A second car pulled into the drive and Ms Kitchens and George screamed at him to run because "they'' had guns.

Mr. Fubler did not stop to look, but ran for his life. He testified he did not see the man who shot him in the back of the head.

He told that jury: "I wouldn't wish it on anybody. They had to teach me to walk again.'' Mr. Fubler said he lost much of his peripheral vision after being shot with a .38 calibre bullet and also suffered from seizures.

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