The murder case of a St Mary musician has been transferred to the Home Circuit Court in Kingston for mention on September 22.
The case was transferred due to one of the accused men in the matter having a difficulty in securing legal representation in the parish. This, the prosecution said, was because the lawyers in the parish would not represent him.
These developments occurred when the case was brought before the St Mary Circuit Court on Thursday, July 13.
The murder case involves a police constable and two civilians, who are charged in connection to the shooting death of 25-year-old musician, Anthony Hudson.
The men charged with murder are: Constable Fabian Henry, assigned to the St. Catherine North Division; mechanic, Neville Anderson and his father, Franklyn Anderson, a mason of Esher in St Mary.
When the case came up in court, the prosecutors outlined that the accused man, Neville Anderson was unable to seek legal aid representation in the parish and as a result the matter was traversed to the Home Circuit Court in Kingston, where a larger pool of attorneys is available.
Presiding judge Justice Dale Palmer transferred the case for mention in Kingston in September. The bails of Franklyn Anderson and Fabian Henry were extended.
However, Neville Anderson was further remanded into custody.
At the preliminary enquiry hearing last year, before the St Mary Parish Court (then Port Maria Resident Magistrate Court), it was revealed that Anthony Hudson, who is from Zion Hill district in Richmond, St Mary, was shot and killed on January 25, 2014. He was shot sometime after 9 a.m. in Esher district, Highgate in the parish. This was said to be over an illegal gun that he had not been able to account for.
THREE CHARGED
Hudson was reported missing shortly after.
However, based on certain evidence police investigators charged Cons Fabian Henry, Neville and Franklyn Anderson prior to the body of Hudson being found. A fourth man, only referred to as ‘DJ’– who was alleged to be present at the time of the murder — has not been located.
Hudson’s decomposing body was found in a gully about 100 yards behind the house of the father and son (Franklyn and Neville Anderson) on Tuesday, March 25, a day prior to the three accused men’s first court appearance.
The preliminary examination hearing in the case started in late August of 2015 and was completed later that year.
The matter was transferred to the Michaelmas session of the circuit court in November of 2015.
