By FARRAH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
fjohnson@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was charged with murder in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Jason Nottage appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney accused of killing Marvin Rolle on June 30.
According to reports, shortly after 1am that morning, police were alerted to gunshots in the Shirley Street area. When a patrolling unit responded, they found a white Nissan Cube in the middle of the street at the T-junction of St Margaret and Lyon Road, with the engine still running.
“An inspection of the vehicle revealed a dark male slumped forward in the driver’s seat,” police reported. “He was unresponsive when checked by the officers. Emergency Medical Services were summoned and following their examination of the male he was pronounced lifeless.”
During the hearing, Nottage was also accused of causing nearly $2,000 worth of damage to another man’s car before threatening and assaulting the man with a knife on June 29.
Prosecutors allege the accused was also found with an unlicensed Taurus pistol and eight live rounds of 9mm ammunition on July 1.
Nottage was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge and that matter was adjourned to August 1. However, he pleaded not guilty to one count each of damage, threats of harm and possession of an unlicenced firearm and a quantity of ammunition.
Nottage was denied bail and remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services in the interim. He has a right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
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