Trelawny girl identified after killing as Clarendon trio charged in machete robbery

Police have identified the schoolgirl whose partially nude body was found with her throat slashed on a dirt track in Bush's Entire district near Troy, Trelawny, on Tuesday evening as 10-year-old Shennai Coke, also known as Kedra, a Troy Primary student. After the discovery, residents mounted a mob attack on a father and son in the community. The son, Delroy Ko, was killed; residents accused him of raping and killing the child. The father's condition is not known.

In Sandy Bay, Clarendon, 18-year-old construction worker Devon L., also called Rati; 19-year-old construction worker Tevin Osborne, also called Foody; and a teenager, all of Sandy Bay, have been charged with robbery with aggravation, unlawful wounding, possession of a prohibited weapon, and using a prohibited weapon to commit a felony. Sandy Bay Police said that about 2:00 p.m. on July 7 the accused confronted two men walking home and demanded money. After the victims refused, the suspects left and returned with a machete, allegedly inflicting multiple chop wounds and taking $10,000. They were later held and jointly charged after question-and-answer sessions with attorneys present. A court date is being finalized.

Farmer Wilson Thomas of Cogil Road, Old Harbour, was found dead after a fire destroyed a dwelling in St. Catherine on Tuesday. About 4:00 p.m. on July 21 the Jamaica Fire Brigade brought a blaze on Cogil Road under control and, during cool-down, discovered his body inside the burnt-out structure. How he died is not yet known, insurance status is unclear, and the fire's cause remains under investigation.

On Saturday, July 18, about 10:00 a.m., the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division searched an abandoned house on Sharer Drive in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, and reportedly seized a 9 mm pistol with a magazine holding six rounds. A man was taken into custody; his identity is being withheld pending further inquiries.

The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association is calling on Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton to apologize and retract statements about interns who staged an islandwide protest on June 24, 2026. In a Tuesday release, the JMDA dismissed claims that University Hospital of the West Indies interns protested in accident and emergency over bed space, saying the action concerned brutal schedules, shifts sometimes lasting more than 48 hours, and unsuitable sleep facilities that can endanger patients. It urged him to state the facts accurately so the nation is not misled. He is reportedly inviting the JMDA to discuss interns' concerns.

Motorists on the main road between Mineral Heights and Lionel Town in Clarendon are urged to use extreme caution after a section near Vere Technical High School collapsed, leaving one lane. National Works Agency communications manager Steven Shaw said the damaged stretch is more than six metres wide and four metres deep. It has been cordoned off; the NWA is investigating the failure and notes there is no known drainage system in the immediate area.

Defense attorney Kimberly Whitaker warns Jamaica's new pre-charge bail provision may be drifting beyond its intended use, with people who have not been charged facing months of restrictions while investigations continue. She says the tool should remain exceptional, not the default when evidence to charge is lacking. Her warning followed a case in which her client appeared in a Jamaica Constabulary Force social media collage hours after a pump attendant was robbed and shot at a gas station on Dinary Road; two other men linked to the incident were later fatally shot in an operation in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Whitaker said her client reported to the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau, was taken to three stations where investigators cleared him, yet an officer maintained interest. After nearly 100 hours in custody he was released on pre-charge bail on reasonable suspicion of wounding with intent and robbery with aggravation, on the brink of a habeas corpus application by junior attorney Bradley Medwinter. Whitaker said such persons must report regularly to stations, avoid certain communities and meet other conditions before any court finds enough evidence to prosecute. Parish court judge Sanche Burell recently denied an application to extend pre-charge bail for a businessman also represented by Whitaker Law; that client, a firearm holder, had been on pre-charge bail.