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The Hanover police have launched a probe into the murder of a 10-year-old schoolgirl whose body was found in bushes, hours after her mother reported her missing to the police on Wednesday.

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Leaders of two major business lobbies have expressed optimism about the sharp decline in murders and other serious crimes in 2023 and hope maintenance of that trajectory will boost the economy.

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An 87-year-old woman died from injuries she received after her house was set ablaze by gunmen on Monday.

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Saturday, 21 January 2023 13:26

Jamaican pleads guilty to killing girlfriend in US

BURLINGTON, Vermont (AP) — A Jamaican-born man charged with killing his live-in girlfriend in 2018 then fleeing to the island where he evaded authorities for nearly two years pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

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Dwight Henry, the St Mary man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing two United States missionaries in the parish six years ago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes.

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Thursday, 19 January 2023 12:57

UK resident shot and killed in Manchester

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A resident of the United Kingdom was shot and killed while visiting relatives in Mike Town on the outskirts of Mandeville in Manchester early Thursday morning.

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The Jamaican Government is moving to change the penalty for murder.

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A former policeman has been charged with murder following an investigation into a case in which a man was shot dead during a joint police/military operation nine years ago.

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After more than six years of delay, a United States family is hoping to get justice for their loved one who was among two US missionaries killed in St Mary.

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The male student who was charged with the fatal stabbing of his 16-year-old William Knibb Memorial High schoolmate, Kamal Hall, and who pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter last month, was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison when he appeared in the St James Circuit Court on Monday.

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