Keshan’s murder hearing for January 8
THE hearing for the alleged murder of dancehall deejay Keshan has be rescheduled to January 8, 2023 in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.
The late entertainer’s sister, Peteisha Brown, made the revelation to the Jamaica Observer’s Splash.
“The latest update is that the case was moved to the Home Circuit Court…He (the accused) was offered a bail of $800,000 and his travel documents are surrendered. So, January 8 is when we’ll have a court date and, at that date, we’ll get a trial date,” she said.
The accused, Toni Martin, who was arrested after two years of investigations by police in the St Catherine South Police Division, was charged last December.
Martin appeared in before the St Catherine Parish Court on June 24 where the new date was set. The matter was initially set for June 6, but was postponed.
Police reports indicate that Keshan (given name Keneisha Brown) was involved in a heated dispute with Martin at a residence located at Sharper Lane in Old Harbour, St Catherine, on July 20, 2019. The report further states that things became physical and that the singjay allegedly stabbed him and he retaliated by shooting her once to the upper body.
Keshan was later pronounced dead at hospital while Martin was treated and sent home.
In an exclusive interview with the Observer in November 2020, Keshan’s mother, Ilene Wright-Brown, contradicted the police’s report and claimed that the deejay did not attack Martin.
Since her debut in 2013, Keshan released several songs including Bubble Up Your Body, Don’t Lie, Kill or Die, and The Goods featuring Vybz Kartel.