January 26, 2025
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine — An inmate at a correctional centre in St Catherine has been charged with the murder of another inmate at the same facility on Friday, January 17.
Appolos Atkinson, 41, has been charged with the murder of 32-year-old Jermaine Rogers.
Reports from the Spanish Town Police are that about 2:55 pm, the correctional officers at the facility heard a commotion and later discovered Rogers with a stab wound. The correctional officers then assisted Rogers to the hospital. However, he was pronounced dead.
Detectives charged Atkinson after conducting a question-and-answer session with him in the presence of his attorney.
A court date for him is being finalised.