By Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterJAMAICA DEFENCE Force (JDF) Corporal Michael Williams, who has been accused of firing several shots at family members of his ex-girlfriend, is to remain in custody until his trial.
On Friday, Mr. Justice Horace Marsh turned down his application for bail. He was remanded in custody until February 18 when his case will be mentioned again in the Gun Court.
FIT OF RAGE
Williams, 31, is charged with several counts of shooting and wounding with intent. Among the injured was a three-year-old girl.
It is being alleged that the woman wanted to end the relationship with Williams. She refused to speak to him whenever he visited her home in Allman Town, Kingston.
On December 5, 2004, Williams visited the home then left and went to the army base at Up Park Camp where he allegedly took the weapons that were assigned to him. He headed back to Allman Town and it is further alleged that, in a fit of rage, he started shooting at everyone in the yard.
Those injured were Kingsley West, 54, a postal worker and a member of the JDF reserves; his son, Evard West, 26, a security guard; his daughter, Jacqueline West-Ramsay, 32, a nurse at the University Hospital of the West Indies; her husband, Carlton Ramsay, 36, a sales representative, and the Ramsays' three-year-old daughter.
Williams is being represented by attorney-at-law Arthur Kitchin.
