Nain restaurant operator killed as police probe St Catherine body discovery

Police are investigating the killing of 52-year-old restaurant operator Clavius Campbell, also called Indian, who was shot at his Food to Go Restaurant and Jerk Hut in Nain, St Elizabeth, about 9:35 p.m. Wednesday. Campbell, of New Building in the parish, was reportedly closing and cleaning when two men pretending to be customers ordered food. One pulled a firearm and shot him in the upper body before both men fled. He was later pronounced dead at hospital.

His sister said Campbell, originally from Clarendon, had lived in Manchester for more than three decades and was a working family man with a wife and children. She described him as harmless and questioned why anyone would want him dead.

In St Catherine, police have opened a separate probe after passersby found a decomposing woman’s body in bushes in Ireland district about 11 a.m. Wednesday. The body, estimated at about 5 feet 6 inches, was lying on its back, barefoot, and dressed in black tights and a blouse. It was removed for identification and a post-mortem, and the Spanish Town CIB is investigating.

The Jamaica Fire Brigade is also expected to inspect the KFC outlet on King Street in downtown Kingston after an explosion on Wednesday left two technicians with burn injuries. Restaurant operations manager Christopher Powell said the injuries were not life-threatening. Senior Superintendent Patrick Gooden said the Brigade had not been formally notified, though it should be alerted when safety is compromised.

INDECOM Commissioner Hugh Faulkner said 2025 has produced the highest number of charge rulings against security force members since the commission began operations, with 33 rulings so far and about 80 cases before the courts.

Police have charged 33-year-old Jamie Stephenson, otherwise called Toto, of Manseel Heights, Ottery, St Ann, with the murder of farmer Kenneth Mills in St Catherine. Mills was killed and his wife injured in a gun attack on May 15.

In another matter, businessman Neil Anderson was freed of gun-related charges after Justice In-Ching Busey upheld a no-case submission in the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has named Jamaica’s United States ambassador, Major General Anthony Anderson, as the first chief executive officer of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, effective June 1.