Call for more Deen leads as DPP rules against murder charge
Published:Wednesday | June 2, 2021 | 12:12 AM
The police are again appealing to anyone with information on the disappearance of the visually impaired university student, Jasmine Deen, to come forward.
This is in light of last month’s ruling from Director of Public Prosecutions Paula (DPP) Llewellyn that the two men who were found with the young woman’s phone and debit card should not be charged with murder, as the evidence against them did not meet the threshold.
The duo, 40-year-old Tamar Henry, otherwise called ‘Braff’ and ‘Lavish’, of Bull Bay, St Andrew, and 36-year-old Gregory Wright, otherwise called ‘G’, were charged last April with eight counts of possession of identity information, eight counts of unauthorised access to computer data, and simple larceny.
Henry was also charged with possession of identity information and breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
But according to Jamaica Constabulary Force senior communications strategist Dennis Brooks, the DPP has, however, recommended that more investigation be done.
Brooks, in the meantime, is calling for citizens who may have information about the missing university student to report what they know to the police.
Deen was last seen on Thursday, February 27, 2020, in Papine, St Andrew, wearing a white blouse and blue jeans.
The police, following her disappearance, had disclosed that it had closed-circuit camera footage showing her boarding a taxi at the Irvin Hall gate of the St Andrew-based university sometime before 10 p.m.
Meanwhile, Crime Stop is offering a reward of $350,000 for Deen’s safe return.