Munga Honorable performs his hit track Nah Mad at Purple Stripe Flavours-sponsored Strictly 2K Throwback Music Competition on April 8, 2023.
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dancehall artiste Munga Honorable is scheduled to return to the Supreme Court docket on April thirtieth to reply to a homicide cost in reference to the 2017 slaying of Cleveland Smith.
The “Nah Mad Ova No Gal” deejay is represented by well-known legal professional at legislation Christopher Townsend who revealed that even after seven years, the prosecution’s file stays incomplete so full disclosure is but to be made to the defence.
“The discovered senior deputy, upon perusing the file, realised that disclosure had not but been accomplished. What remained excellent was a report from the authorities who had examined phone information and telephones collected within the matter to do evaluation,” Townsend advised Observer On-line.
In litigation, disclosure is offering the defence with copies or entry to all materials that might undermine the prosecution’s case and/or help the defence.
Townsend admitted that though that report could help the defence’s place, he had a “problem” with this growth, and located it “greater than a bit odd” that the file had not been accomplished after seven years.
“Having held out for seven years, I’m now involved as to what this report will come and say,” Townsend stated. He lamented that the delay had created unexpected issues.
“One of many issues we concern is that come the date of the trial, we’ll hear that they (the prosecution) have an issue with their witnesses and their availability. In our preparation for trial, we ourselves have had problem in finding considered one of our witnesses who we’re counting on to verify key elements of our defence technique,” Townsend shared.
The outstanding legal professional prompt that his consumer’s constitutional rights had been breached due to the ‘inordinate period of time’ the case had been languishing earlier than the courts.
“My consumer’s constitutional proper to trial inside an affordable time has been breached. An inexpensive time is a mean of 5 years, however at this stage, after seven years, with out full disclosure, how can we now belief that we are able to even depend on this data that is still excellent?” Townsend requested.
Based on the police report, it’s alleged that Smith was accosted by a bunch of males, considered one of whom was reportedly armed with a gun at a dance within the Ackee Stroll group of St Andrew. An altercation ensued between them throughout which Smith was shot.
He was then rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital the place he was pronounced useless.
Now that Munga’s case is quick approaching, Townsend has known as for the “Director of Public Prosecution’s workplace, the judiciary, and the bar” to decide.
“We’ve got to dump some circumstances which were earlier than the court docket for an inordinate period of time. In a mature democracy, why can’t we dispense justice in an affordable time, we have now to get rid of issues,” Townsend stated.
Munga Honorable is understood for tracks together with “In My Arms”, “Flippin Rhymes”, and “Dangerous From Me Born”.
-Claude Mills
