THE LICENSED firearm holder who said he shot and killed a man on an escalator in New Kingston last year because the man attempted to disarm him, has been remanded in custody until June 24.
He is Lincoln Williams, building contractor, of a St. Andrew address. He is charged with the murder of Carlington Samuels, of a Kingston address. Samuels was shot six times at 3.45 p.m. on November 16, 2004.
Frank Phipps, Q.C. and attorney-at-law George Soutar who are representing Williams, made a bail application last week. They said Williams was the holder of a licensed firearm and also had many outstanding building projects to complete. Mr. Phipps said Williams told him that a man who was in front of him on the escalator , turned around and attempted to disarm him of his firearm. He drew the firearm and fired several shots in quick succession and the man fell to the ground.
Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn informed the court that the Crown was opposing bail because there was evidence from which it could be inferred that Williams was a flight risk. She said Williams was a U.S. citizen and when he was granted bail last year he did not surrender all his travel documents until certain enquiries were made by the Deputy Clerk of the Courts.
Miss Llewellyn said Samuels and his employer were on the escalator when Williams began firing shots at Samuels. She said the allegations were that even when Samuels had his hand in the air, was falling to the ground and was asking what he had done, shots were still fired at him.
Mr. Phipps applied for the Crown to submit certain documents to the defence based on what Miss Llewellyn had outlined in the bail application.
Mrs. Justice Marva McIntosh remanded Williams in custody for the bail application to resume on June 24 in the Home Circuit Court.
