St Ann lifeguard charged for stabbing woman during argument at party
Published:Monday | January 20, 2025 | 9:24 AM
Thirty-one-year-old Mikey Hoilett, a lifeguard of Mile End, Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been charged for stabbing a woman twice during an argument at a party last December.
Hoilett has been charged with wounding with intent.
Reports from the Ocho Rios police are that on Tuesday, December 24, Hoilett and the woman were at a party when an argument developed between them, during which Hoilett reportedly used a ratchet knife to stab her in her abdomen twice.
She was assisted to hospital where she was admitted in serious condition.
Hoilett subsequently turned himself in to the police on Wednesday, January 15.
Following a question-and-answer session, he was officially charged on Friday, January 17.
His court date is being finalised.
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