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Trelawny man charged for allegedly chopping common-law wife to death

Published:Tuesday | May 11, 2021 | 3:50 PM
Keeling, 29, was chopped to death at the couple's house in Clark's Town, Trelawny on Saturday.

The Trelawny Police have charged 62-year-old Stenneth Wilson, otherwise called 'Uncle', with the murder of his common-law wife Nickeisha Keeling.

Keeling, 29, was chopped to death at their house in Clark's Town in the parish on Saturday.

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The police report that about 11:30 p.m., Wilson and Keeling, otherwise called 'Gal Gal', got into an argument.

The argument reportedly escalated into a fight, during which Wilson allegedly used a knife and a machete to inflict several wounds to the woman's body.

Wilson then turned himself in to the police and was charged after he allegedly confessed.

His court date is being finalised.

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