Former Jamaican member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera additionally faces a gun cost in relation to the homicide case of his spouse, Melissa.
The Judiciary of Jamaica revealed that Silvera is being charged with the offense of utilizing a firearm to commit a felony, together with homicide.
The revelation was made following backlash over the presiding choose’s determination to bar the media and household members from being current for his first courtroom look final week.
The judiciary, in an announcement launched at this time, indicated that it has lengthy been established that instances earlier than the Circuit Court docket Division of the Gun Court docket are held behind closed doorways to guard related events resembling witnesses.
The Gun Court docket Act states that “Within the curiosity of public security or public order, no individual shall be current at any sitting of the Court docket besides – (a) members and officers of the Court docket and any constable or different safety personnel required by the Court docket; (b) events to the case earlier than the Court docket, their attorneys, and witnesses giving or having given their proof, and different individuals straight involved with the case.”
Silvera maintains innocence
The former St. Mary Western representative for the Individuals’s Nationwide Get together will subsequent seem in courtroom on February 8.
Following his first courtroom look on Thursday, Silvera’s defence legal professional King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie spoke to the media.
Champagnie famous that his shopper is sustaining his innocence.
“He has maintained his place of innocence from day one. I’m not saying that he’s, as a result of I perceive that there’s a report back to that impact. No lawyer ought to ever actually say that as a result of for those who so are sure, you then can be a witness,” he mentioned.
Melissa Silvera was initially reported to have died in her sleep on November 10, 2023, on the couple’s residence in Stony Hill, St. Andrew. However the police later upgraded their probe to a homicide investigation after her autopsy examination revealed she was shot not less than thrice.
