Detectives from the Hanover Police Division arrested and charged 27-year-old Christopher Martin, otherwise called ‘Tongue’, of Bachelors Hall, Lucea in the parish with the offences of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition following an incident in his community on Wednesday, March 31.
Martin was charged on Tuesday, April 13.
The charges arose in relation to the murders of 53-year-old Neville Allen of Shaw Drive in Lucea, and 18-year-old Aldeon Brackett, otherwise called ‘Tall Man’, of Malcolm Heights, also in the parish.
Reports are that about 11:20 am, three men were fixing a wall when Martin, armed with a firearm, approached them and opened fire.
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He’s an energetic and talismanic individual, one of the finest Western Jamaica has produced in recent years, and his given name is Dwayne Gregory Ambusley, affectionately known as ‘Stebie’.
Ambusley, coach of the Montego Bay United (MBU) outfit and former outstanding player for the said club, guiding them to two championship crowns, hails from the quiet, close-knitted and remotely unknown community of Dry Hill, Lucea, in the parish of Hanover.
‘Stebie’, an ex-Jamaican international who played two games for the National team against Guyana and Suriname, revealed he’s the fifth child of six for his beloved mother in his sibling pack of six. He attended Lucea Primary and then matriculated to the great Rusea’s High School, before moving on to play for his very first club, Malcolm Heights, representing them at every level, starting at age 10.