The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned in connection with two separate murders.

Hosnell Samuel, 39, of Carmichael Road was brought before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt accused of intentionally causing the death of Leonard Joseph on January 6 and was charged with murder under Section 291 (1)(B) of the Penal Code.

A charge under this section does not attract the discretionary death penalty if a conviction is reached at the end of trial.

According to police reports, shortly before 10pm, officers responded to a report of an argument between two men at the rear of a residence off Carmichael Road near Golden Isles Road. When officers arrived at the scene they found the lifeless body of a man with a blunt injury.

Joseph was pronounced dead at the scene.

Chief Magistrate Ferguson-Pratt informed the accused that he would not be allowed to enter a plea because his case would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court.

This would occur through service of a voluntary bill of indictment, scheduled for March 14.

However, due to the nature of the charge, he was denied bail and remanded to the Department of Correctional Services.

He was advised of his right to apply for bail in the Supreme Court

In the second murder arraignment before Chief Magistrate Ferguson-Pratt, 23-year-old Perdallion Moxey of Jubilee Gardens was accused of intentionally causing the death of Asher Clarke.

Shortly after 7pm on December 29, 2016 police received a report that a man had been shot in front of a home located on Vitae Road, Jubilee Gardens. When responding officers arrived on the scene they found the lifeless body of a man who had been shot. Clarke was pronounced dead on the scene.

Moxey was also told that his case would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court for trial on March 14. He too was denied bail and remanded into custody because of the nature of the charge.