St Mary farmer charged with murder
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September 12, 2020

St Mary farmer charged with murder

ST MARY, Jamaica— A St Mary farmer was yesterday arrested and charged for the chopping murder of 48-year-old Anthony Eddie in Board Villa district in the parish on Friday, September 4. 

Twenty-one-year-old Narval Johnson of Fort Stewart district, Enfield in the parish, has been charged with murder. According to the police, Johnson’s brother and Eddie had a dispute in August. 

On Friday, September 4, Johnson saw Eddie riding a bicycle and attacked him with a machete.

The police were called and Eddie was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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