October 24 bail application for accused in murder of Paulwell's daughter and her mother

Defence lawyers are expected to make a bail application on October 24 for Leoda Bradshaw and her alleged accomplices, implicated in the murder of politician Phillip Paulwell's 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah, and her mother, Toshyna Patterson.

The date was scheduled when Bradshaw, her cousin Roland Balfour, alleged trigger man David Smith, and Bjorn Black appeared in the Home Circuit Court for a plea and case management hearing today.

The prosecution was also ordered to serve the settled indictment before the next sitting at which time it is expected that the Crown will receive the outstanding documents – two Communication Forensics and Cybercrime Division (CFCD) reports and a statement from a security company.

 Bradshaw, who also shares a child with Paulwell, is charged with two counts each of capital murder, conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to kidnapping.

Balfour is facing two counts each of accessory before the fact to kidnapping and accessory before the fact to murder.

Black is charge with two counts each of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to murder, and conspiracy to kidnapping.  He is also facing additional firearms charges such as possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and dealing in prohibited weapon.

While Smith is charged with two counts each of capital murder, conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to kidnapping.

Two other men, Richard Brown and Roshane Miller, previously pleaded guilty to the crime and were both sentenced. 

The 10-month-old child and her 27-year-old mother were reportedly abducted from their home on Gilmour Drive in St Andrew on September 9 last year.

They were allegedly taken to east Kingston and shot and killed and their bodies burnt.

The alleged mastermind, United States Navy petty officer Bradshaw, is Paulwell's companion.

Bradshaw is accused of contacting hitmen, contracting her cousin Balfour, and orchestrating a plan to kidnap and murder the mother and child. 

She reportedly travelled to Jamaica with the sole purpose of murdering Paulwell's infant daughter and her mother.

This happened one day after she had confronted Patterson about the infant on Facebook.

Bradshaw is being represented by attorneys-at-law Deborah Martin, QC, and Kelly Hamilton.

Attorneys-at-law Tamika Harris and Sasha-Kay Shaw are defending Bjorn Black, while attorneys-at-law Franklyn Grenyion and Shamar Hanson are representing Smith.

Attorneys-at-law Michael Howell and Vanessa Taylor are appearing for Balfour.

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