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Constable maitland who is charged with the murder of his girlfriend will know in october 13 whether he will be granted bail mr midland who confessed that he had an argument with donnelly over a photograph of the mother of his child that was on display at his apartment was further reminded when he appeared in the home circuit court today justice vinetta graham allen
This afternoon postponed her ruling following a lengthy submissions from lead defense attorney christopher townsend and the prosecution during his submission mr townsend poked holes in the prosecution’s case labeling it as weak mr townsend stressed that the prosecution is relying heavily on blood found on a curtain in mr maitland’s apartment blood found in his
Couch and a cctv footage the prosecution while mounting its case stated that on july 13 maitland entered an agreement with a truck driver on constant spring road to remove a couch from his department and transported to a car wash the cop who has been serving a serving member of the jamaica constabulary force for nine years and two other men were captured on cctv
Cameras the court was told that the attendant upon seeing the blood oozing from the couch questioned mr maitland’s earlier explanation that one of his relatives was injured in the couch the attendant suggested that someone must have been killed in it when the attendant attempted to use bleach to get rid of the stains maitland objected saying it would burn out the
Reddish-brown couch and instead offer three bottles of vinegar during the allegations denying the allegations against his client mr townsend argued that there was no evidence before the court to prove that it was blood that came from the couch he said there is no test result to prove whether or not the substance from the couch was blood or die from the chair mr
Maitland is accused of murdering his girlfriend the 24 year old donnelly donaldson during the bill herring the prosecutor said that the constable has also been charged with preventing the lawful burial of a corpse the prosecutor one opposing bill told to the court that mr maitland was captured on cctv footage at a car wash along lyndhurst road washing his bloody
Couch the prosecutor also told to the court that one of the residents at chelsea manor where the accused man was living has five cctv cameras around his apartment the resident says on july 13 around 7 pm he got a call from constable maitland who said he was concerned that the camera may have recorded him while walking with a spliff maitland further expressed that
The recording could jeopardize his prospect of an impending promotion he told the resident that he wanted the footage deleted the following day he went to the neighbor’s apartment where he explained that someone who had been with him had gone missing he asked to see the footage for july 12. maitland was shown parts of the recording and told to the neighbor that
He would feel more comfortable if the footage was deleted the neighbor refused his request the police constable has been in custody since his arrest on july 27 in relation to the disappearance of miss donaldson police commission a major general anthony anderson has expressed concern about a worrying trend of multiple murders general anderson says there were 19
Incidents of multiple murders last month alone they include 18 double murders and a triple murder he told a media briefing this afternoon that so far this year there have been 99 incidents of multiple murders resulting in 218 victims we believe that this trend is reflective of the ease with it more and more criminals have been able to acquire guns and ammunition
Unlike the police who are constrained in the use of lethal force when bystanders are around these criminals couldn’t care less who they killed meme or hurt or investigations have also revealed that in several of these incidents there were multiple intended targets and some who seem to be innocent bystanders are actually associated with those targets we’ve been
Saying that if you associate with or are related to gunmen then you have great risk of becoming a victim of gun violence we’ve also noted that in making good their escape if challenged one man will spray bullets on other persons gathered police can mention a major general anthony anderson now major crimes have increased by 3.8 percent at the end of september police
Commissioned a major general anthony anderson says murders are up eight percent compared to the same period last year 1 171 persons have been murdered in jamaica to date this is 86 more when compared to the same period last year robberies and break-ins are also on the increase however shootings have been on the decline shootings are down by six percent rape is
Down by 12 percent break-ins are up by seven percent and robberies up by 17 police commission a major general anthony anderson meanwhile 584 illegal firearms have been seized up to the end of september this is an 11 increase over last year shotgun seizures were up by 111 percent while rifle seizures were up by 58 pistols were up by eight percent and submachine
Guns were up by 42 so we are pulling in a number of guns from the streets police commissioner major general anthony anderson former justice minister employee romario gopal is to reappear in the saint catherine circuit court on friday on charges of office breaking larson and arson mr gopal’s case was on monday transferred up from the saint catherine parish court
On a voluntary bill of indictment he was arrested falling a fire at the saint catherine parish court office on july 24. the fire destroyed a section of the office at emancipation square in spanish town investigations revealed that the perpetrator forcibly entered the building stole monies from a safe and set the property on fire to cover the crime 12 business
Operators in saint james have been charged for breaching the plastic ban the operators will appear in the saint james parish court tomorrow the national environment and the planning agency says the businesses were observed in possession of commercial quantities of drinking straws attached to juice or drink boxes and a single-use plastic bags on varying days last
Last month the items are made wholly are in part of polyethylene or polypropylene plastic with dimensions 24 by 24 inches with thickness less than 2.5 millimeters director of legal services and enforcement at nepa majora wallach says the agency remains resolute in its efforts to increase compliance with the bannon single use plastics and other environmental and
Planning laws criminologist dr jason mckay says yesterday’s revelation by the turks and caicos government that it is grappling with horizon jamaican related gang activities demonstrates the seriousness of the gang problem in jamaica in an address to the territories legislature tci governor nigel dakin appealed for support from the jamaican government to bring this
Situation under control the tcr recorded 14 murders last month speaking with radio jamaica news today dr makai said the jamaican government should offer assistance to its neighbor and use the opportunity for information gathering on jamaican criminals in the turks and caicos island we should really offer them any assistance necessary and also try and get as much
Information from them on those young because if they’re giving trouble there chances are they’re wanted here criminologist dr jason makai
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P0lice Officer Nearly CR@SH and K!ll Noel Maitland Going To Court Donna Lee Donaldson By Radio Jamaica News
