Policeman charged with murder of Point Hill man, granted bail
Published:Friday | March 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has charged a policeman with the murder of Rishane Oliver who was fatally shot in Point Hill, St Catherine.
Detective Constable Shawn Pennington was charged today and brought before the St Catherine Parish Court where he was granted bail in the sum of $800,000 with one or two sureties by parish judge Tara Reid- Kerr.
A stop order was placed on him and he was ordered to surrender his travel documents.
He was also warned against interfering with witnesses in the case.
The matter is set for mention on May 8.
Oliver was found suffering from gunshot wounds on the night of February 24 along the Pusey Main Road in Point Hill, St Catherine.
Residents had reported hearing explosions in the area and came upon his body along the roadway.
INDECOM says it started a probe into the incident after police investigators realised that a member of the force might have been involved in the shooting.
It says Oliver was not killed in a police operation.
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