Have to big up the Manchester police

[Lazie]

on their quick action in capturing some killers.

[MdmeX]

Brutal murder - Car dealer’s throat slashed

... body thrown from vehicle during test drive on Spur Tree road


Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz24qTmDugs

What a heartless set of people! JEEZAS

[World Fan]

Suspect was out on bail

Then they go rob and kill to pay anonymous lawyers.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...ead/lead3.html


Suspects in car dealer's death had previous murder charges
Published: Wednesday | August 29, 2012 9 Comments
Michael Rochester
Michael Rochester

Dave Lindo, Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester:

The Manchester police say two of the men arrested for Monday's murder of 27-year-old used-car dealer Michael Rochester previously had murder charges against them.

One of three suspects held by the police is on bail for murder and shooting with intent charges, while another was previously charged for murder but acquitted of the crime.

"How a man who charge for murder deh pon road and come back to kill a man who is earning his honest bread?" questioned Donna Watson, an aunt of the deceased. "The justice system in Jamaica is not right."

Assistant Commissioner of Police Derrick Cochrane, head of Area Three police, also shared this reasoning.

"Some of these men who do heinous crimes are able to get bail. It's because they can get big-name lawyers, but where did the money come from to hire them (lawyers) in the first place?" Cochrane asked.

Rochester left his friend's garage in his community of Nain, St Elizabeth, around 3 p.m. to meet the men who had shown an interest in buying his Toyota Corolla motor car. He reportedly met the men in Gutters, at the foot of Spur Tree Hill.

The deceased's father, Guy Rochester, who was one of the last persons to speak with him, said he called Michael, who told him the men were test driving the car.

ATTEMPTED TO STEAL CAR

It is alleged that the men, in an attempt to steal the car from the younger Rochester, shot him and pushed him out of the vehicle on Spur Tree Hill.

Through quick action by the police, one of the men, who was driving Rochester's car, was apprehended in Spur Tree as the car reportedly ran out of gas.

The other two suspects were nabbed by the police while they were having a drink at a bar in Toll Gate, Clarendon.

All three suspects are being questioned by the police and are expected to be charged for the murder later this week.

Head of the Manchester police division, Superintendent Lascelles Taylor, warned that persons selling motor vehicles must be cautious in how they transact business.

"You have to let them (prospective buyers) meet you on your grounds," Taylor advised. "You have to meet them where you are comfortable, not at a place that they set."

Taylor added: "If you want the assistance of the police, we can make the arrangement because, at times, these transactions may end up in the loss of lives, which happened in this case.

"We are living in a society where there are many persons with devious intent, so people have to be careful."

rural@gleanerjm.com