Rushawn Patterson, the person charged with the October 2022 homicide of widespread Jamaican social media influencer Aneika ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, had his bail prolonged throughout his look within the St James Circuit Courtroom on Monday.
The case, which has been delayed attributable to excellent autopsy and DNA stories, is ready to be talked about once more on October 18.
Patterson, who suffers from haemophilia, a blood dysfunction, was initially granted bail on humanitarian grounds throughout a earlier courtroom sitting on July 16. He’s represented by lawyer Dionne Meyler.
Throughout Monday’s proceedings, Excessive Courtroom Justice Bertram Morrison was knowledgeable that the prosecution remains to be awaiting essential stories to finish its case file. The excellent autopsy and DNA stories have delayed the setting of a trial date. Justice Morrison prolonged the bail and scheduled the subsequent listening to for October 18, permitting time for the case file to be finalized.
Patterson was arrested on November 2, 2022, following a high-level police operation. Townsend’s physique was discovered floating within the sea in Studying, St James, on October 21, 2022. A autopsy performed on November 5 confirmed that Townsend had been strangled, along with her demise occurring between 11 p.m. on October 20 and 9 a.m. on October 21.
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In keeping with police stories, Townsend had traveled from Kingston to Montego Bay on October 20 and was picked up by Patterson. The 2 visited a restaurant in Hanover and a visitor home in St James. An argument reportedly broke out between them later that night time, leading to Patterson allegedly strangling Townsend and disposing of her physique. He was formally charged with her murder on November 11, 2022.
