Accused in teen killing remanded
February 13, 2009
The 17-year-old boy accused of killing his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, Nisa Grant, of York Castle High School, in Brown's Town, was remanded when he appeared in the St Ann's Bay Resident Magistrate's court on Wednesday.
Lawyer for the accused, Oswest Senior-Smith, told Justice Carol Edwards that his client would not be applying for bail until a later date. The accused is set to reappear in court on February 19.
Security concerns
The case was shifted from the Brown's Town court, reportedly because of security concerns.
Reports are that dozens of persons converged on the Brown's Town courthouse on Wednesday morning in anticipation of the case, some calling for the accused to be handed over to them.
Allegations are that the accused and the deceased had a relationship which the deceased severed in December 2008. The accused allegedly invited the girl to his home, but instead met her on the way and dragged her into an abandoned building, where he stabbed her several times and slit her throat.
The accused later reported to the police that he and the girl were attacked by men, but he managed to escape. However, the police, after intensive investigations, charged the youth with the crime.
The prosecution submitted a caution statement to the court, allegedly made by the accused.
The prosecution also said a statement on the matter would be forthcoming.
The judge, however, questioned the absence of witnesses for the prosecution, stating that, for the act to have taken place between four and five in the afternoon, as being put forward by the prosecution, there must have been persons who saw the two together....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
