KINGSTON, Jamaica – Judge Chester Stamp has backtracked after refusing an amendment to the indictment in the murder trial of businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and co-accused Oscar Barnes. The indictment has now been amended to add two counts of conspiracy – reflecting that McDonald allegedly conspired with Denvalyn “Bubbla” Minott to kill his wife, Tonia McDonald in 2020; and that Minott then allegedly conspired with Barnes to carry out.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Judge Chester Stamp refused an application by prosecutor Luke Cooke to have the indictment in the Beachy Stout and Oscar Barnes murder trial amended. The prosecutor wanted the indictment to reflect that Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald allegedly conspired with Denvalyn "Bubbla" Minott to kill his wife, Tonia McDonald in 2020. Cooke also wanted the indictment to reflect that Minott then conspired with Barnes to carry out the.
The lead investigator in the July 20, 2020 murder of Tonia McDonald in Portland claimed on Thursday that he visited Oscar Barnes, a suspect in the case, at a lock-up on August 7, 2020, to ask him .