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5 days ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
Published:Saturday | May 10, 2025 | 12:09 AM Western Bureau:With two witnesses, who were slated to testify on behalf of two of the three police personnel charged in the 2014 beating death of Mario Deane, failing to put in an appearance at the Westmoreland Circuit Court yesterday, the defence formally closed its case.
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6 days ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Three police officers charged in the 2014 beating death of Mario Deane gave unsworn statements from the dock on Thursday in the Westmoreland Circuit Court despite their legal team opting not to present a formal defence. Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant are charged with manslaughter and misconduct in public office. Stewart also faces a charge of perverting the course of justice.
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Mollie Plummer, a former senior investigator with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), testified on Tuesday in the Westmoreland Circuit Court that the cell where Mario Deane was fatally beaten in August 2014 appeared to have been cleaned before she arrived. Plummer was part of the INDECOM team assigned to investigate Deane’s death.
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:While fighting to keep his emotions in check, Jamaican athletics icon Usain Bolt yesterday credited his father, who operated a grocery shop in their home community of Sherwood Content, Trelawny, with teaching him the value of respect for others. “When it comes to respect, anyone who knows me knows that I am very respectful … that is one of the biggest lessons I learnt from my dad.
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
Published:Friday | May 2, 2025 | 12:11 AM WESTERN BUREAU:Anika Lowe, senior forensic science officer at the Forensic Institute’s DNA Unit, testified in the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Monday that blood samples collected from several items and areas outside the prison cell where Mario Deane was fatally beaten in 2014 were confirmed to be his.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:St James farmer Nadesha Campbell, who has faced several hurdles while seeking to launch her own coconut cassava bread, thought she had a breakthrough earlier this year after showing her product to businessman Michael Lee-Chin, but now says her dream is continuing to be stonewalled.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
Published:Friday | April 25, 2025 | 12:11 AM Previous Pause Next WESTERN BUREAU:Sagicor Bank CEO Chorvelle Johnson-Cunningham is calling on women in leadership to actively support other women’s growth as a strategy to aid Jamaica’s development.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:As the eight-year, multibillion-dollar rehabilitation of Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) nears completion, the Government is touting progress while the Opposition voices deep frustration over delays and ballooning costs. Speaking at the reopening of the Montego Bay-based hospital’s administrative block on Thursday, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton confirmed the project’s updated cost at $23.5 billion.
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3 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, is expected to retake the witness stand tomorrow when the trial of three police personnel charged in relation to her son’s death resumes in the Westmoreland Circuit Court. Presiding High Court Justice Courtney Daye yesterday adjourned the trial of the defendants – Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant – until Friday, following what was the 20th day of testimony.
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3 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:A former inmate at the lock-up where Mario Deane was beaten on August 3, 2014, told the court yesterday that he did not review his statement to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) when its investigators met with him earlier this year. The inmate is the prosecution’s eighth witness in the trial of Corporal Elaine Stewart and constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant, who are facing charges in relation to Deane’s death.
