May 6, 2013
17-y-o charged with murder of 31-y-o boyfriend
ST ANN, Jamaica — A 17-year-old girl who stabbed her 31-year-old boyfriend to death during a dispute on April 23 has been charged with murder.
The teenager appeared in the St Ann’s Bay Resident Magistrate court on Friday, May 3 where she was offered bail in the sum of $450, 000.
She is expected to return before the courts on May 20.
Allegations are that the teen and 31-year-old Shawn Magnus had a dispute over a cell phone at her home in Parry Town, Ocho Rios. During the dispute, a struggle ensued when the teen stabbed Magnus once in the back.
He was taken to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
