ST JAMES, Jamaica — Constable Andrew Wilson, the policeman at the centre of the controversial fatal shooting of Latoya “Buju” Bulgin, had his bail extended when he appeared in the St James Circuit Court on Monday.

Wilson, who is represented by King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie and attorney Michael Hemmings, is scheduled to return to court on October 9 for a case management hearing.

During Monday’s hearing before Justice Andrea Pettigrew Collins, the court was informed that both the prosecution and the defence are still awaiting several key documents needed to move the case forward.

The Crown indicated that it is awaiting interview transcripts, biological certificates, postmortem reports and other critical evidence. Meanwhile, the defence said it has yet to receive the arresting officer’s statement, the forensic report and CCTV footage, all of which were on file but not yet served. Champagnie also mentioned that the matter of the DNA results was outstanding.

The prosecution is expected to disclose the outstanding documents to the defence on or before August 7.

Wilson’s existing bail conditions remain in effect. He was previously granted bail in the sum of $1 million with one to three sureties. Additional conditions include surrendering all travel documents, a stop order at ports of exit, reporting to the Freeport Police Station every Monday and Thursday between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, and residing at a particular address.

Following the hearing, Champagnie urged the public to allow the matter to proceed through the judicial process rather than forming conclusions outside the courtroom.

“Myself and Mr Hemmings who appeared for Mr Wilson appreciate the fact that this is a matter that has generally much public attention and of course information is important and transparency,” he told Observer Online. “But at the same time what I will caution is that the matter is now before the Circuit Court and the matter should be tried in the court and not in the court of public opinion but at the same time I hasten to add that I respect the necessity to have information.”

He said they are now looking forward to the information pertinent to the matter.

“The next court date is going to be on October 9th and it is a case management hearing date, it’s not for trial. We anticipate that by then the defence would be in a position to disclose that they have received all the documentation involved in this matter because it involves a number of documentation, some of them being electronic, because this matter was a matter, as you would know by now, was captured electronically, part of it, at any rate, so that is where we are,” Champagnie said.