WATCH: Jury delivers open verdict in coroner’s inquest into death of Manchester businessman
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A seven-member jury a short while ago delivered an open verdict in the Coroner’s Court in the probe of circumstances surrounding the death of Mandeville businessman Jason Neil.
Following a 30-minute break for deliberation the foreman told Coroner Monique Harrison of the jury’s decision on Thursday.
Harrison explained that the verdict brings the matter to a close as there was insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death resulting from gunshot wound by way of murder or suicide.
However, if further evidence becomes available, then the matter can be reopened.
Neil, a proprietor in Neil Auto on Ward Avenue in Mandeville, was found shot in the bathroom of his house on Julie Drive in the upscale community of Ingleside.
He was 33 years old at the time of this death.
– Kasey Williams
