The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

TWO of three teenagers who were charged on Monday in connection with the recent stabbing death of a 12th grade Doris Johnson Senior High School student have been transferred from a juvenile facility and are now in prison on remand awaiting trial.

The teens were transferred from the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys because they were viewed as a security threat.

The latest change occurred in proceedings that took place on Tuesday afternoon where the two boys, ages 15 and 16, reappeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt about where they would be detained until their next court appearance concerning the December 9 murder of Adonai Wilson.

The two boys, who were arraigned with another teen who turned 18 two days after the stabbing, had been remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre at the request of their lawyers Roberto Reckley and Ian Cargill.

On Monday, the chief magistrate obliged the request though she said at the time it was up to the superintendent of the juvenile centre to decide if the facility could “properly accommodate them.”

However, the chief magistrate has since received a letter from the officer in charge of the facility declaring the juveniles a security threat.

In Tuesday afternoon’s proceedings, both Mr Reckley and Mr Cargill objected to the pair being remanded to the Department of Correctional Services, arguing that their clients were guaranteed the legal privileges afforded to a juvenile charged with a criminal offence.

However, in considering all of the circumstances, the chief magistrate exercised the discretion to remand the pair to the prison as well. The 18-year-old was already being held at the prison awaiting trial.

According to initial reports, Wilson, a 16-year-old student, was stabbed multiple times during an argument with several other school students shortly after school was dismissed early because of exams. He died a short time later in hospital.

The murder took place around 2pm on Prince Charles Drive and a graphic cell phone video of the incident was spread on social media.

The teens were not required to enter a plea to the charges due to the nature of the offence and that the matter has been adjourned to January 28, 2016.