Not welcome here - Auntie refuses to house Danielle Rowe’s alleged killer

Prosecutors at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court expressed great concern that should murder accused, Kayodi Satchell, be offered bail, it is unclear where she will reside.

"There was a point where the accused lived at Padmore district with an aunt. Your Honour, I am told that is not suitable any more as the aunt does not wish for her to return to that address," the prosecutor revealed. Satchell is charged with the murder and abduction of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe, a student at the Braeton Primary and Infant School in St Catherine.

The prosecutor informed presiding Judge Carlo Mason that Satchell, who is a dental assistant, had previously lived in Kingston 19 with an individual said to be her boyfriend. However, that relationship has some "friction". It was noted further that Satchell was apprehended in Central Village, Spanish Town, St Catherine, at a property she told investigators that she rented about two months prior to Rowe's death.

"The concern is that premises did not look as one that is being lived in. There was no bed, there were things on the floor suggesting [otherwise]. So Your Honour, we are saying we don't know and we would like for the defence to provide an address, an address to be checked before the bail application," the prosecutor reasoned.

The concerns of the prosecutor were levied before the presiding judge on Wednesday when a bail application was expected to be heard. However, due to the absence of Satchell's criminal records, the application could not be heard. Prosecutors have contended that the accused woman's criminal records are of great importance to be at the bail hearing, as there is a possibility she may have been arrested previously.

Those developments were deemed as disappointing by defence counsel Donnovan Collins, who is representing Satchell.

"I am a bit concerned that the records are not here today and I am disappointed that we are here today to make an application for bail, and, as such, Ms Satchell will have to go back in custody without even her bail application being heard," Collins argued.

Judge Mason noted that he "shares the frustration" in relation to the absence of the criminal records.

"In my mind, in 2023, this is something that simply should be a computer-generated document. It is simply the printing of documents that already exist. Unfortunately, we are living in the land of Kingston," the presiding judge added.

October 11 was agreed for bail application to be heard, as police confirmed that the criminal records will be available by then. Prosecutors are awaiting the ID booklet from the identification parade, which also should be available at the next court date.