Cop to face murder charge in Clarendon court today

A policeman and his accused are set to appear in the Clarendon Parish Court this morning to face charges of murder and several breaches of the Firearms Act in relation to two incidents in his community on December 27.

He is 32-year-old Constable Jimoke Ingram of Petunia Crescent in Longville Park, Clarendon.

In the first instance, he and his co-accused, 33-year-old Sheldon Harris, a car-wash operator of Poinciana Way, also in Longville Park, were charged jointly with murder, posession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

The charges stem from the shooting death of 59-year-old farmer Donnett Lowe, also of a Longville Park address.

Reports from the Clarendon Police are that, about 4:45 a.m., two men, one armed with a gun, visited Lowe at his home and engaged him in a brief conversation. Shortly after, loud explosions were heard, and the police were alerted. On their arrival, Lowe was seen lying in a pool of blood with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was assisted to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Lawmen probing the incident arrested the duo who was subsequently pointed out during an identification parade later the same day.

Investigators, in pursuit of evidence relative to the murder of Lowe, led them to Constable Ingram’s home, where an operation was conducted.

A search of the premises was done in the presence of Ingram and 32-year-old customer service representative Shanika Simpson, who also resides at the address.

The search resulted in the recovery of several rounds of assorted ammunition, among other things, in a barrel in their bedroom. The search yielded:

• One pistol

• Two hundred and sixteen 5.56 rounds

• One 20-gauge cartridge

• Fifteen 12-gauge cartridges

• Forty-seven 9mm rounds

• Twenty-six 7.62 rounds

• Sixty-eight .38 special rounds

• Nine M16 magazines

• One sub-machine gun magazine

• Two pistol magazines

Ingram and Simpson were then slapped with the following charges in relation to the seizure.

• Possession of prohibited weapon

• Unauthorised possession of ammunition

• Dealing in prohibited weapon

• Stockpiling of prohibited weapon and

• Unauthorised use of premises for the storage of firearm.