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St Catherine truck driver charged with murder of businessman

Toriann Ellis

Toriann Ellis / Our Today

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A 35-year-old truck driver of Portmore, St Catherine has been charged with the murder of businessman Khalil Jerome Martin.

Roddayne Allison was charged on Tuesday, November 4.

He was also slapped with charges of unauthorised possession of a firearm, unauthorised possession of ammunition and using a firearm to commit a schedule offence.

Martin, 44, a senior information technology consultant at Island Products Manufacturing Company Limited, was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the face along a marl road located off Salt Pond Road, Dunbenholden, Portmore, St Catherine.

Martin, who operated several businesses, including haulage, farming and wrecking services, had employed Allison as a truck driver.

Communication evidence allegedly unearthed by the police indicates that Martin had left his home to meet Allison at Salt Pond Road, Dunbenholden, on Tuesday, November 4.

Martin failed to return home, after which a missing-person investigation led to the discovery of his body the following day.

Allison was held on Sunday, November 30, during a covert operation conducted in the Clarendon police division.

Allison gave a caution statement to the police in the presence of his attorney.

A question-and-answer session was conducted with the accused, after which he was charged.

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