The murder trial involving Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald has been adjourned until January 9 next year. McDonald, 68, and his co-accused, 33-year-old St Mary fisherman Oscar Barnes, are currently on trial for the murder of.
"AM I being arrested and charged for murder," were the words that Everton "Beachy Stout" McDonald allegedly used on August 5, 2020 when police detectives popped in on him at his business establish.
A detective corporal, who on Tuesday said he played a supporting role in the investigation of the July 20, 2020 murder of Tonia McDonald in Portland, testified in the Home Circuit Court in Kingsto.
An in-camera hearing that is currently taking place in the murder trial involving Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald is to continue for another week. Therefore, the trial will resume hearing testimony from witnesses next.
The hearing of further evidence from witnesses in the murder trial involving Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald has been put on hold until next Tuesday to facilitate a voir dire – trial within a trial. .