The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

THE Office of the Attorney General has requested additional time to facilitate the prosecution of three teens charged with the murder of a 12th grade Doris Johnson Senior High School student.

The teens, ages 15, 16 and 18, returned to Magistrate’s Court for the expected presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI) instead of a preliminary inquiry being held in the December 9 stabbing death of Adonai Wilson.

Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt informed the accused teens that lawyers for the Crown “are not ready to proceed.”

“They have asked for an adjournment. That may be good or bad. It may be good because it may mean a review of the file and change of the charges. A review of the file may not be a bad thing for your interest,” the judge added.

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 in hospital a short time later.

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 charged with murder and were not required to enter a plea to the charge due to the nature of the offence.

The matter has been rescheduled to February 24.

Also to reappear in Magistrate’s Court on that date for a rescheduled VBI presentation is 23-year-old Cordero Emmanuel.

The former police constable was arraigned last month on three counts of armed robbery concerning a holdup at gunpoint on December 4, 2015.

The ex-constable, who was attached to the Tourism Unit, was an active police officer during the time of the alleged offences.

However, he was dismissed from the police force shortly before his arraignment.

It is alleged that on December 4, while armed with a handgun, he robbed three women of handbags, wallets, a Samsung cell phone, a silver chain, and other personal items, together valued at $970.