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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Attorney-at-law Martyn Thomas, who is representing two of the three police personnel on trial for Mario Deane’s death in 2014, yesterday challenged the prosecution’s eighth witness about apparent discrepancies between his current evidence-in-chief and a statement he gave while in custody at the lock-up where Deane was beaten.
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:A former inmate at the Barnett Street Police Station lock-up told the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Monday that he saw the three cops being tried for Mario Deane’s death, on duty at the facility, on the day Deane was beaten. The witness, who is currently in custody for unspecified charges, made the revelation in the trial of Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant.
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1 week ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Following the looting of a refrigerated container of chicken that washed ashore in Hellshire, St Catherine, earlier this month, acting chief public health inspector for St James, Sherika Lewis, is urging residents in the western parish to consume meat only from certified and reputable sources.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Tempers flared at Thursday’s St James Municipal Corporation meeting after Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon shot down attempts by People’s National Party (PNP) councillors to challenge his authority to remove political banners and paraphernalia erected across the parish.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Forensic investigator Detective Constable Rickardo Evans yesterday concluded his evidence-in-chief in the Mario Deane trial, which is ongoing in the Westmoreland Circuit Court, by showing the court photographs he took of the cell where Deane was beaten on August 3, 2014. Yesterday’s testimony marked the 15th day of the trial of Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant, who are charged in connection with the death of Deane.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:The crime scene investigator who examined the Barnett Street Police Station cell where Mario Deane was beaten in August 2014 told the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Tuesday that he saw water on the floor and a blood-like substance in the cell block’s drain pipe. District Constable Rickardo Evans was continuing his evidence-in-chief in the trial of Corporal Elaine Stewart and constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant, who are charged in connection with Deane’s death.
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2 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:Detective Constable Rickardo Evans of the Area One Scene-of-Crime Unit testified yesterday in the Westmoreland Circuit Court that he was escorted to the cell where Mario Deane was fatally beaten in 2014 by one of the officers now charged in connection with Deane’s death. Evans, the seventh witness in the trial, appeared before High Court Justice Courtney Daye and gave evidence against Corporal Elaine Stewart, Constable Juliana Clevon, and District Constable Marlon Grant.
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3 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:A forensic examiner from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) admitted on Thursday that he could not confirm whether the Barnett Street Police Station cell, where Mario Deane was beaten on August 3, 2014, had been secured before his arrival.
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3 weeks ago | 
jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU:The trial of 16 members of the controversial Montego Bay-based Qahal Yahweh religious group was delayed once again in the St James Parish Court on Friday due to the absence of both the defendants’ lawyer and the trial judge. As a result, the case, which involves charges under the Child Care and Protection Act and the Education Act, has been rescheduled to May 16.
