By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
TESTIMONY is not expected to resume until Monday in the case of a man accused of aiding the fatal stabbing of the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major.
Justice Bernard Turner informed the 12-member jury hearing evidence in the case of 35-year-old Kervin Neely that their presence would not be required until March 23. Legal discussions between Crown and defence counsel, held in their absence, were expected to last two days.
It is alleged that Neely purposely aided Dwayne Peter Lockhart in committing the offence of murder on June 1, 2014.
Enrico Major, the alleged victim, was walking south on Baillou Hill Road near S C McPherson Junior High School when he was held up and stabbed in the head and back. He was 17 years old.
Lockhart, who was not represented at his formal arraignment in the Supreme Court last September, had initially pleaded guilty to the crime. However, Justice Turner did not accept the plea at the time and set the trial for March 2015.
On Monday, Lockhart, represented by lawyer Raymond Rolle, pleaded guilty for a second time and was sentenced to 24 years in prison, which took effect on the same day.
Neely, however, has maintained his innocence and has retained Glendon Rolle to defend him against the charge of abetment to murder, which he has denied.
Aaron Johnson is prosecuting the case.
Mrs Major, the victim’s mother, testified on Wednesday.
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