Christopher Thomas, STAR Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
Two St James men accused of stabbing another to death during a fight at a party earlier this year are booked to return to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court in February next year, as the case file is still incomplete.
Robert Morgan, 25, from Roehampton, and Leroy Service, 27, from Lilliput, are charged with murder following the stabbing death of Adrian Brown on February 4. Their bails were extended to February 11, 2015, when they appeared in court last Friday.
The allegations are that, at approximately 12:10 a.m., the men were attending a party in Lilliput when an argument developed among them. The dispute escalated into a fight, during which knives were drawn and Brown was stabbed several times. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the Cornwall Regional Hospital.
On Friday, clerk of the court Natalie Malcolm told Resident Magistrate Carolyn Tie that the forensic certificate was not ready.
"The investigating officer is not here, and the liaison officer has informed me that the forensic certificate is still outstanding and is not ready. I will ask for a February date (to complete the file)," said Malcolm.
RM Tie subsequently instructed the defendants Morgan and Service to return to court on February 11.
"The paperwork in this matter is not ready. I am going to set this matter for February 11, and your bail is extended until then," said RM Tie.
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