St Catherine man charged with murder, arson
Published:Friday | October 12, 2018 | 12:31 PM
The police in St Catherine have charged a man who attacked two women in separate incidents, killing one and injuring the other.
Sixty-three-year-old Ernest Whyte, a construction worker of McCooks Pen, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder, assault at common law and arson.
The police say about 10:00 a.m on Friday, September 14 Whyte and 47-year-old Denise Bright were involved in an argument when he reportedly used a machete to chop her several times.
He fled the scene.
She subsequently succumbed to her injuries.
According to the police, later that day, about 2:25 p.m. Whyte reportedly went to Mansfield Avenue in Spanish Town in the parish and got into another dispute with a woman.
He allegedly used a knife to stab her before setting the house ablaze.
The fire was extinguished and the woman was assisted to hospital for treatment.
Whyte was subsequently arrested.
He is scheduled to appear before the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday, October 16.
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