Cop on murder rap remanded
MARK Russell, the police constable extradited to Jamaica earlier this month to face a murder charge, was yesterday remanded in the Home Circuit Court.
Russell is to return to court on July 13 when a bail application will be made on his behalf by attorney Peter Champagnie.
All the documents relating to the case have been served on the defence.
Russell is charged in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Ravin Thompson, who was reportedly shot at his aunt’s home in Whitfield Town, St Andrew, and died on his way to the Kingston Public Hospital in July 2007.
Russell fled the island for the US before the director of public prosecutions ruled that he and another former policeman, Morris Lee, should be arrested and charged in connection with Thompson’s death. Lee is alleged to be still on the run.
