THE brother of the 51-year-old man murdered in prominent attorney-at-law Patrick Bailey’s Barbican home has made an about-turn on his decision to give up his fight for justice.

David Roberts, the closest family member of the deceased, Germaine Junior, told the Jamaica Observer that he felt that his brother would be disappointed if he were to give up.

“Mi get a dream and like him a ask me, ‘Weh yaa do? Don’t do that,’” Roberts shared with the Sunday Observer.

Roberts said that he felt that was a message to him to continue to seek justice.

“Mi nuh think mi fi give up; him wouldn’t want me to.”

A despondent Roberts told the Sunday Observer last month that it made no sense to seek justice because nothing will come of it.

“I call to say thanks for everything, but I don’t think I can continue with this. If the police dem did interested dem woulda arrest the killer, because dem know is who. Honestly, mi nuh think seh anything a go come of it,” he said at the time in a telephone interview.

Since the Observer reported the story, at least two lawyers and a politician have contacted the man in a bid to help him.

The case has attracted the attention of thousands of Jamaicans who are also demanding justice.

Observer Online reader Juniro Farqquharson said: “The silence of civil society, including the Jamaica [For] Justice, and of politicians of various stripes is rather deafening. Only in Jamaica! Yet, we wonder why there are over 1,300 murders.”

Another reader commented that “the country is going downhill fast”.

Equally, one said: “The police wouldn’t know real evidence if it came notarised on their forehead. How can you ‘immediately’ rule out anyone before carrying out the proper investigation? Do you expect the murderer to just show up with bloody hands, or to report to the station as you usually demand?”

The Sunday Observer questioned the police high command last month about the status of the investigation at a press briefing called by Commissioner of Police George Quallo at his St Andrew office.

Deputy commissioner of police in charge of the crime portfolio, Selvin Haye, said that contrary to media reports that nothing is being done to solve the case, the police are carrying out investigations.

“What we can say on that is that the investigation is still open and it’s continuing. And contrary to what we have seen in the media, no one has been exempted and no one has been eliminated so the investigation is in full force,” Haye said.

He added that the police are “following some leads” and will give an update soon. They did not answer whether or not a motive has been established for the killing.

Junior was found with more than a dozen stab wounds and a gunshot to the head in Bailey’s living room on the morning of September 30, 2016. Police report that Bailey stumbled upon Junior’s body about 4:30 am. The knife used was reportedly found beside the body. The police said that there were no signs of forced entry. Bailey was immediately ruled out as a suspect and placed on bed rest by his doctor and client Jephthah Ford.

Ford was later found guilty of corruption after he tried to bribe a police officer to release two Surinamese men who were caught in 2014 with nearly $60 million.

He was last month sentenced to six months in prison, but has appealed the decision of the judge and is on bail.