The murder trial of 42-year-old gang leader Joel Andem and the two men charged jointly with him was on Monday put off until February 5.

They are charged with the murder of 48-year-old gas station operator Sylvia Edwards.

The other two accused are 45-year-old businessman Rupert Wallace, of Garveymeade, Portmore, St. Catherine, and 25-year-old Rohan Masters, of 66 Luke Lane, Kingston.

The trial date, which was fixed for yesterday in the Home Circuit Court, had to be put off because a murder case which began last week was not completed.

Ransom

Mrs. Edwards, who lived in Plantation Heights, St. Andrew, was kidnapped along Red Hills Road, St. Andrew, in July 2000. When a demand for ransom of $200,000 was not met, she was shot dead and buried in a shallow grave in Constitution Hill, St. Andrew.