Teenager arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing construction worker
Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 11:48 AM
A 15-year-old student is in police custody in relation to the stabbing death of a construction worker during a dispute on Saturday in the quiet community of Spring Bank in Portland.
The deceased has been identified as Meshach Hill, also called 'Toto', a 26-year-old construction worker of Spring Bank Road in the parish.
The police say Hill and the teenager were at a shop at Spring Bank Road when a dispute developed between them about 8:15 p.m.
It is alleged that the 15 year old then used a knife to stab Hill in the chest.
Persons who were present reportedly intervened and took the injured man to the Port Antonio Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
-Gareth Davis
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