Update | Man found guilty of shooting, robbing policeman found in bushes in Portmore

The man who was charged with shooting and robbing a policeman along Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine has been found guilty and is to be sentenced on January 22 next year.

Javon Marshal was convicted of the offences of wounding with intent, robbery with aggravation, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and making use of a firearm to commit a felony on Friday in the St Catherine Circuit Court.

Marshal was remanded until sentencing.

It was reported that the police constable was driving his motorcycle along Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine, about 8:50 p.m. on February 14, 2022, when he was shot in the back.

He was thrown into bushes by his attackers, who then made off with his service pistol and motorcycle.

The policeman was found the following day by two men who alerted the police.

The injured policeman was taken to Spanish Town Hospital and subsequently to Kingston Public Hospital, where he was admitted in serious condition.

An intensive investigation was launched, which resulted in the arrest and subsequent charging of Marshal.

- Rasbert Turner

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