Man in Bahamas faces death penalty for murder of schoolgirl
Published:Tuesday | December 31, 2024 | 2:22 PM
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 38-year-old man will re-appear in court in the Bahamas on May 1 next year after he was charged with the sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old schoolgirl Adriel Moxey whose body was found in bushes near her home on November 20.
Police say that Chris Ferguson is responsible for the death of the grade seven student at Anatol Rodgers High School and that she was raped and murdered by him.
Ferguson faces the death penalty if found guilty of the charges given that he is charged under a section of the Penal Code that would allow prosecutors to seek his execution.
He was not required to enter pleas to the charges when he appeared in court on Monday before Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley, who informed the accused that a lawyer would be appointed in the Supreme Court.
The matter has been adjourned for the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment.
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