By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A MAN with a pending Magistrate’s Court case found himself facing a murder charge in connection with the country’s 81st murder for 2013.
Rashad Cooper, 25, of Quarry Mission Road, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt who seemed certain that he had appeared before her recently for another matter.
Cooper said he does have a pending “threats of death” case before her, but, he said, it was adjourned for a final time due to the trial not starting for some time.
The chief magistrate read the murder charge and its particulars, informing Cooper that he was alleged to have intentionally caused the death of Leroy Adderley on September 5, 2013.
Adderley was shot multiple times in his body at his home on Pitt Road and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel. The incident occurred a month after he was acquitted of sexual assault of a minor (girl) at Vacation Bible School.
Cooper was not required to enter a plea to the charge because it is an indictable offence.
He was informed that his case would be forwarded to the Attorney General’s office for review when it was likely that the matter would then be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court for trial.
The chief magistrate said this process would be facilitated by the presentation of a Voluntary Bill of Indictment on his next Magistrates Court appearance, June 3.
“Until that time, you are remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison,” the chief magistrate concluded.
Cooper was not represented by counsel in yesterday’s proceedings.
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