Man held nearly a year after allegedly stabbing man to death over rent
A 34-year-old man has been slapped with murder charges after he allegedly stabbed a man to death during a dispute in Kingston in December 2022.
Charged is Cedric Powell, otherwise called ‘Percy’ and ‘Lala boy’, a party contractor of Bloomsberry Road Kingston 10.
Dead is 36-year-old Patrick Newby of Venables Crescent, Kingston 11.
Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that about 7:30 am, Powell and Newby had an argument about rent when Powell used a knife to inflict a wound to Newby’s chest.
He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
On October 8, 2023 about 11:00am, an intelligence led operation was done at Ocho Rios, Bay Beach by police personnel attached to the St Ann division when Powell was seen and arrested.
He was subsequently charged after a question-and-answer interview
