3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

[evanovitch]

THE Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court ruled Friday that three men are to face trial for the 2005 murder of hotelier Sandra McLeod.

The ruling comes after a four-year preliminary inquiry into the murder of McLeod, who operated the Sandy Sand Beach Hotel, now known as Merril's Three Beach Resort along the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril.

McLeod, 52, was found strangled in a room at her hotel on June 5, 2005.

<span style="font-weight: bold">McLeod is also the mother of Jamaican-born US ex-soldier Kevin Brown, who was held with bomb-making implements while attempting to board an Air Jamaica plane from Florida to Jamaica</span>.

The three accused are Michael Grandison, Peter Bandoo and Desmond Blair. They were all granted $2 million bails with surety. The case is scheduled for mention in the Westmoreland Circuit Court on May 18.

The inquiry was conducted by attorney H Charles Johnson, who marshalled evidence for the prosecution. Some 23 witnesses gave evidence in the matter.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Brown - who is still in custody in Florida - is said to be suffering from a mental condition with which he was diagnosed after a tour of duty in Iraq. His mother's brutal death is said to have further worsened his condition</span>.

[gourmet]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

Hmmmm. I don't know anything about his case, but to guess from what the article offers, maybe the young man believed that the JA authorities were not going to prosecute his mother's killers, so he was going to use those weapons to take the law into his own hands?

[Gen]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

what was the motive for her murder again ? people wicked sah

[Yuriatin]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

Thanks for posting this - have been watching this case.

Very sad.

They entire thing - horribly sad.

I remember when this woman was murdered.

I recall posting about this last year. I was so saddened when this murder occurred.

This was the 4th hotel I've stayed in JA where a murder was committed.

Ochi
Town <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 8pt">(don't case what they say, I think Woolmer was murdered)</span></span>
Portie
Negril

Aye sah.

[Yuriatin]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

Money - basically.

But there was much talk at the time over a dispute re a portion of the property, land, etc.



<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what was the motive for her murder again ? people wicked sah </div></div>

[gourmet]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

What ever happened (if anything) regarding the killing of Helmut Steiner, the German owner of the Jamaica Heights hotel in Port Antonio? Was anyone ever charged?

[Yuriatin]

Re: 3 to face trial for hotelier's murder

The murder of the woman at Crane Ridge was solved.

Woolmer at Pegasus ...

Helmut - I've heard nothing.




<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gourmet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What ever happened (if anything) regarding the killing of Helmut Steiner, the German owner of the Jamaica Heights hotel in Port Antonio? Was anyone ever charged? </div></div>