MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 55-year-old man has been charged with murder and conspiracy to murder in connection with the shooting death of a farmer in Rhooms Town, Asia, Manchester, in August.

Charged is Oral Bailey, who was taken into police custody on Wednesday, October 28, and formally charged the following day.

The deceased is 60-year-old Donald Anderson, otherwise called “Shelt” of Rhooms Town.

According to the Mandeville police, residents reported hearing explosions resembling gunshots coming from Anderson’s premises about 1:30 am on Monday, August 31.

At approximately 6:30 am, residents went to check on him and found him lying motionless on a bed inside a room, with gunshot wounds to his upper body.

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The police were summoned and processed the scene. Anderson’s body was subsequently removed to the morgue pending a post-mortem examination.

A statement recorded on Monday, October 26, reportedly implicated Bailey and another individual in the killing.

Bailey’s court date is being finalised.