Woman found guilty of manslaughter in death of Reggae Girl Tarania Clarke

Rushelle Foster, the woman charged for the 2019 stabbing death of 23-year-old national footballer, Tarania Clarke, was this afternoon found guilty of manslaughter.

The unanimous verdict was handed down a short while ago in the Home Circuit Court by the seven- member jury.

The 25-year-old defendant who was being tried for murder was remanded for sentencing on February 29 by Justice Leighton Pusey.

The prosecution led evidence during the trial, which started on January 8, that on October 31, both women had a dispute over a cellular phone in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, when a knife was used to stab Clarke, otherwise called 'Plum Plum'.

The Reggae Girlz midfielder, who was also the captain of the Waterhouse Football Club's women's team, was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Foster was later arrested and charged.

The defendant, however, maintained that Clark was accidentally stabbed. She also indicated that she had reached for her knife in self-defence.

Attorneys John Jacobs and Courtney Rowe represented the defendant.

- Tanesha Mundle

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