Man pleads guilty to murdering gay activist
May 04, 2006
THE MAN charged with the murder of 59-year-old gay rights activist Brian Williamson, pleaded guilty in court yesterday.
Dwight Hayden, otherwise called 'Dog', a 25-year-old newspaper vendor of 1 Myers Street, Jones Town, Kingston 12, will be sentenced in the Home Circuit Court on May 19.
Dr. Randolph Williams, who is representing Hayden, has applied for social enquiry and psychiatric reports.
Williamson, president and founding member of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, all Sexuals and Gays, was stabbed 77 times in his apartment at 3A Haughton Avenue, in New Kingston, on June 9, 2004. A chest was stolen from the apartment.
Amnesty International has described Williamson's killing as a hate crime.
Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, and Crown Counsel Winsome Pennicooke outlined in detail the facts of the case to Justice Basil Reid.
Miss Llewellyn said that about 7 a.m. on June 9, 2004, Hayden and a man called 'Bomhead' went to Williamson's home and he let them in. The deceased's male housemate said he had seen Hayden come to the house on several occasions.
WILLIAMSON FOUND DEAD...
Author: Barbara Gayle
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
