The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A MAN, who was charged with the double murder of two teen aged boys in March as well as a string of other charges, could face the death penalty if convicted.

Deon Scavella, 21, of Lightbourne Street was brought to the Nassau and South Streets Magistrate’s Court complex to face multiple murder charges.

He was also charged with a third murder, an attempted murder and gun possession charges.

Scavella appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain accused of the March 19 double murder of Devonte Lindsay, 15, and Keishon Williams, 13.

The charges were brought under Section 291(1)(a) of the Penal Code, which attracts the discretionary death penalty if a conviction is reached at the end of trial in the Supreme Court.

On the Sunday in question, the bodies of two boys were discovered with gunshot wounds on a dirt road off Graham Drive in Yellow Elder Gardens.

Police formally identified the victims the following day as Williams, of Plantol Street, and Lindsay, of Knowles Drive, Bozine Town. Williams was a student at Government High School, according to police, who confirmed that Lindsey was a student of AF Adderley High School.

Scavella was told that he would not be required to enter a plea to the charges until his formal arraignment before a judge of Supreme Court.

He was told that the matter would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court through the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment scheduled for June 29.

The 21-year-old accused was then further charged with a non-capital murder contrary to section 291(1)(b) of the Penal Code.

It is alleged that on April 25 he caused the death of Genairo Rahming.

On the early morning in question, police received reports that the body of a man was lying in the road on 3rd Street, the Grove. When officers arrived at the scene they found the lifeless body of a man who had been shot. Rahming was pronounced dead at the scene.

This case also will be transferred to the Supreme Court by a Voluntary Bill of Indictment on June 29.

Scavella and 19-year-old Malik Rolle, also of Lightbourne Street, were then charged with the April 29 attempted murder of Dershawn Edgecombe Symonnette.

Rolle and Scavella were then charged with two counts of possession of an unlicensed firearm with intent to endanger life where it is alleged that the pair, on May 6, were armed with loaded Austria Glock and Luger 9mm pistols.

This case also will be sent to the Supreme Court on June 29.

Due to the nature of the charges against them, they were denied bail and remanded in custody at the Department of Correctional Services to await trial.

However, they have the right to apply for bail in the Supreme Court.

Neither accused was represented at yesterday’s arraignment.