Deportee charged with 2018 killing

A 50-year-old deportee was charged with murder on Christmas Day, four days after his forced return to the island.

The deportee, Omar Berford, otherwise called 'Guns' and 'Gunnoz', of Upper Oxford Street, Kingston 14, is alleged to have been responsible for the September 2018 stabbing death of 31-year-old Tomolo Thomas, also of Upper Oxford Street.

Reports from the Denham Town police are that about 12:30 p.m., Thomas and Berford were at their Upper Oxford Street address when an argument developed between them. The argument reportedly escalated and became physical. During the tussle, a knife was used to inflict multiple stab wounds to Thomas' head and neck. Thomas was assisted to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Berford was arrested overseas and deported on December 21. He was handed over to the police and was charged on Christmas Day.