KINGSTON, Jamaica – The trial of a police constable accused of orchestrating the 2016 homicide of his feminine colleague has been delayed after inadequate jurors have been obtainable within the House Circuit Courtroom final week.
Constable Gladstone Williams, together with two alleged gunmen, Rohan Smith and Jessie ‘Pops’ Anderson, have been remanded by Justice Leighton Pusey and can return to courtroom on March 10.
Corporal Judith Williams was fatally shot six instances on April 28, 2016, at a bus cease on Braes Road in Dunkirk, East Kingston.
The trial was additional hampered by the prosecution’s failure to finalize the indictment, which incorporates the names of witnesses. The courtroom heard that new witnesses have been to be added, whereas others have been to be eliminated.
Justice Pusey subsequently scheduled a trial readiness listening to for January 27 to obtain an replace on the indictment’s completion.
Protection legal professional, KC Peter Champagnie, representing Constable Williams, expressed robust disapproval of the delays and the prosecution’s obvious lack of preparedness. Champagnie emphasised the unacceptability of those delays after eight years of intensive case administration.
Constable Williams is suspected of orchestrating the homicide after a dispute arose over a automobile he allegedly offered with out permission, which Corporal Williams had entrusted to him for repairs.
Smith is represented by attorney-at-law CJ Mitchell, whereas Leroy Equiano represents Anderson.
