27-year-old Ashley McKenzie outside court.
By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A MAN and a woman were separately arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two recent killings in the capital.
Ashley McKenzie, 27, faced a murder charge for the August 24 killing of Andrew Mackey.
Magistrate Constance Delancy informed her that she would have to apply for pre-trial release at the Supreme Court.
Shortly after midnight on the day in question, police were called to a house on Ida Street that was the scene of a fatal stabbing. Initial reports from police said a woman alleged that she stabbed her boyfriend during an argument.
McKenzie, who was in tears during her arraignment, was informed that her case would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court on October 20.
She was also told that she would not be allowed to enter a plea to the allegation at this time.
Attorney Lennox Coleby represents the accused.
Christopher McQueen, 22, was also arraigned before Magistrate Delancy facing a murder charge for the August 23 death of Martin Nixon.
According to initial police reports, shortly after 11pm off Blue Hill Road South, Nixon was involved in an argument with another man in front of a home that led to him being shot.
He was rushed to the hospital, but died of his injuries early the next morning.
When the magistrate asked the accused if he understood the charge, he said he did not.
When McQueen began to give an apparent explanation of alleged events, he was told by the magistrate to speak with his lawyer Tai Pinder.
She further stressed to him that he would not be required to enter a plea to the allegations until he is formally arraigned in the Supreme Court.
He was told that when he returns to Magistrate’s Court on October 20, he would be presented with a voluntary bill of indictment transferring the matter to the higher court for trial.
McQueen, due to the nature of the charge, was remanded to the Department of Correctional Services without bail.
However, he was advised of his right to make an application for a bond in the Supreme Court.
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