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Judge orders psychiatric assessment for Old Harbour man accused of killing 8-year-old boy

Article By: Old Harbour News
  • Dec 09, 2019 09:14 PM | Judge orders psychiatric assessment for Old Harbour man accused of killing 8-year-old boy, Judge orders psychiatric assessment for Old Harbour man accused of killing 8-year-old boy, News

Twenty-eight year-old Dwayne Thomas, the man accused of killing an eight-year-old boy and seriously injuring the mother of the child, has been remanded for psychiatric assessment.

Thomas – who is from Old Harbour Glades, has been in police custody following the November 23 killing of his stepson Aaron Masters – appeared last Friday in the St Catherine Parish Court where the presiding judge ordered psychological screening when the matter was mentioned.

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Allegations are that at about 5:45 am on the day in question, Thomas and his girlfriend, the mother of the deceased child, had an argument which resulted in him attacking them with a sharp instrument.

The girlfriend managed to escape but remain hospitalized to date as a result of the injuries sustained and trauma experienced.

Thomas is scheduled to return to court on February 20 next year.

Meantime, Thomas’ lawyer has requested that his client be transferred from the ‘Hundred Man’ police lockup in Portmore to the Tower Street Adult Correctional facility in Kingston.

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