A 42-year-old man accused of the country’s first homicide of 2025 will have to wait until November to learn if his case will proceed to the High Court.
Deon Lloyd of Lower Ottos appeared before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel this week for what was expected to be his committal hearing. The matter was instead adjourned to 5 November.
Lloyd is charged with the murder of 35-year-old Javorn Williams, who was fatally shot during an altercation at Mount Obama, also known as Boggy Peak, on 2 January.
Following the incident, Lloyd was arrested while receiving treatment at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre. He made his first court appearance in January wearing a cast on his arm.
He has remained in custody at His Majesty’s Prison since that time and is being represented by defence attorney Wendel Alexander.
The committal hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for the case to be sent to the High Court for trial.
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Another one who will walk. You think it’s easy in Antigua? People critics China and other communist countries but too much rights perhaps isnt working. In another state mr get killed ready
Antigua court is a kangaroo court system. In other words, full a shit.
The Williams family awaits justice. Trick question…Will they ever recieve it?
A year later and can’t decide police judge lawyers just to lazy this is a small country put in the work, you have to wait on everything voters ID half a year birth certificate days, death certificate days, and they sitting down on phone with poor customer service if you go to casino to change US if is $100 one dollar they don’t take it because they have to count at end of shift so you have no money to play, who are these people, passport birthday and death certificate should be in the same office with a small post office for all 3 stamps, why you need photos for everything copy the driver license, voters ID, medical benefits cards ect we need reform everything is to difficult, start with customer service clerks.
In the back of the class asking those at the front…..if someone comes to your place of residency or business to take what they didn’t put there what will be your response after been attacked?
Free the man…self defence it was
We in this little 108 are not easy tarrrrl…..not condoning wrong, but the dumb here is asking the dumbest a very important question was he killed on his property, place of work or residency? What was his his focus and mission at Buggy Peak?
Lloyd has been held at His Majesty’s Prison since his arrest! News Room you sure about this one ya? Because I’m sure Mr. Lloyd is out on and about walking these streets of ANU🤔… If he’s being held who let him out or does he have a twin brother. Asking for my fellow countyman😑😑😑😑😑
Wow
@Concern Citizen
After you are arrested, you have to be charged. If you’re not charged within a certain time, you have to be released until such time, that the evidences are presented to the courts, to determine what charges will be filed against you and if they’re bailable.
This is one reason why the alleged accomplice in the Chantel abduction case is free as well.
Self defense is not murder. This man fought for his life. If he didnt fight back he would be dead. Do you even know that he was hospitalized? Injured so severely he needed surgery? Know the facts before you speak nonesense.