A Fayette County judge sentenced Brandon Dockery to 45 years for the murder of Raymar Webb.

Wednesday's hearing is the sentence on the August convictions, and 45 years is the term the jury recommended. Prosecutors asked the judge to go to 70 because Webb was killed while Dockery was on parole and because he fired at officers who came to arrest him. The judge stayed with the jury. WKYT put a restitution hearing on the calendar for Oct. 28. LEX18 said restitution is still open and did not give that date.

A Fayette County judge on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, sentenced Brandon Dockery to 45 years in prison for the 2021 murder of Raymar Webb, LEX18 reported. WKYT reported the same term and reported Dockery is 37. Both stations reported the judge imposed the sentence a jury recommended after finding him guilty in August, and that the new term will run consecutive to the felony sentence he was serving when he was released on parole. LEX18 reported prosecutors asked the judge to raise the sentence to 70 years, citing the crime, the fact that he was on parole when Webb was killed, and that he fired at officers. WKYT reported the Commonwealth said it respected the 45-year sentence and still wanted 70, because he killed Webb while on parole and shot at an officer who came to arrest him. LEX18 reported the judge followed the jury's recommendation. WKYT reported Dockery will not be eligible for probation. Neither station named the judge.

Before the sentence, Dockery spoke. WKYT reported he told the court he was traumatized as a child after sexual abuse, and that he faced physical and emotional bullying after he moved from Chicago to Kentucky. LEX18 reported he described abuse, violence, bullying, and the killing of his father, and that he asked the judge to weigh that history and his mental health. WKYT reported he said, "The trauma destroyed my mind... I'm being punished because of a mental health condition," and, "I'm sorry for the loss. I'm sorry for every member of the community, I'm not a monster." LEX18 also reported the line "I'm not a monster," and reported he apologized to Webb's family. Webb's twin sister, Contessa Webb, spoke. WKYT reported she said, "I have to live the rest of my life without my twin. I would give anything for one more day with him." LEX18 reported she said, "You took my twin brother from this world, Brandon, but you didn't take my brother from me," and, "He's in my heart. He's in my memories." Those are two stations' accounts of what she told the court. WKYT identified another speaker as Webb's fiancée, Aeisha Banks, and reported she said, "Raymar should be here," "I have to explain to my children why he's never coming home," and, "Brandon Dockery should've never been released from prison in the first place." LEX18 identified a speaker as the mother of Webb's children, Esha Banks, and reported she said she was pregnant with their daughter when he was killed, that a gender reveal had been planned for that day, that he worked as a group leader at Toyota, and that, "Our children lost their father, and I was left to raise them alone while trying to survive my own grief." The stations did not say whether Aeisha Banks and Esha Banks are two people or one name spelled two ways.

LEX18 reported the convictions the sentence rests on. A Fayette County jury in August found Dockery guilty of murder, six counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, after deliberating for about six hours. The shooting was in June 2021. LEX18 reported officers were called to West Short Street and North Mill Street in downtown Lexington and found Webb, 30, with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and died. LEX18 reported Dockery had been released on parole in November 2020 while serving a 45-year sentence for second-degree arson, two counts of attempted murder, and five counts of wanton endangerment, tied to a 2010 Lexington apartment fire. WKYT described that earlier case as the arson sentence he was on parole for when he killed Webb. LEX18 reported that at a 2020 parole hearing he told the board he had changed and would make better decisions if released. The August verdicts are what the jury returned. Wednesday is the day the judge set the punishment on them.

WKYT reported Dockery will appeal, that he says his defense should have called other experts, and that he wanted an MRI. The station reported he has 30 days to pursue the appeal. LEX18 reported the court told him he has 30 days from the entry of the written judgment. WKYT reported a restitution hearing is set for Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. LEX18 reported a restitution issue is still unresolved and will be taken up separately, and it did not publish the Oct. 28 date. The 45-year term is the sentence imposed after the August convictions. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.