New court date for \'Ochi\' robbers
Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2009 | 12:44 PM
The five men charged in connection with the death of a security guard during a robbery in Ocho Rios, St. Ann last June are to return to court on Thursday.
The case was scheduled to be heard yesterday but was put off as one of the accused men did not have a lawyer.
Those charged are security guard Jason Mills, 30, of Ocho Rios, Rowe Gentles, 40, a construction worker of St. Ann’s Bay and Daniel Whorms, 30, a mason from Bamboo in the parish.
The police have also charged Michael Patterson, 36, a taxi operator also of Bamboo and Paul Gayle, 34, of Cumberland, St. Catherine.
The men are charged with murder, robbery with aggravation and conspiracy to commit murder.
Gayle and Gentles are also facing charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
The police had reported that shortly after 10 a.m. on the morning of June 2, last year several security guards went to the Island Village shopping centre to make deliveries, leaving 52 year old Gilbert Davis in the vehicle.
The police said Davis was approached by a group of gunmen who robbed him of the vehicle and then shot him dead.