JDF officer on murder rap has his day in court
Published:Thursday | May 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM
A JURY was selected yesterday to try the case of the Jamaica Defence Force soldier accused of killing four people at a Corporate Area nightclub in October 2008.
Corporal Leslie 'Steve' Moodie, 23, who is facing four counts of murder, was remanded until today when Crown witnesses will begin to testify in the Home Circuit Court.
Moodie is charged with four counts of murder arising from an incident at the Double Diamond Gaming Lounge, Washington Boulevard, St Andrew, on October 20, 2008.
He is charged with the murder of Ejon Peart, 20, sound-system operator of Greendale Drive, Kingston 19; Davian 'Don P' Kerr, 19, and Lynchmore Forbes, 24, both of Pembroke Hall; and William Wilberforce, 28, of Duhaney Drive, Kingston 20.
The allegations are that about 4:15 a.m. on October 20, 2008, the men were at the Double Diamond Gaming Lounge where Moodie and a woman were allegedly having a conversation. The men intervened and shortly after, shots were heard. It was later discovered that the four men had been shot. Peart, Kerr and Wilberforce died on the spot. Forbes later succumbed to his injuries.
Supreme Court judge Horace Marsh is presiding.