By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A 50-year-old male was imprisoned on Friday after he was accused of the fatal stabbing of a man outside a business on East Street South earlier this month.
Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley arraigned Peter Johnson for murder.
Prosecutors allege that the defendant fatally stabbed Berkley Kerr outside a business sometime before 2am on March 13.
Authorities reportedly found the deceased laying on a stairway with stab wounds about the body. Emergency medical services pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The defendant was not required to enter a plea at that time. He was informed that his matter will proceed to the Supreme Court through a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
He was also told of his right to apply for bail through the higher court.
The accused will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until his VBI is potentially served on June 19.
Inspector Deon Barr served as the prosecutor.
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