Mandeville licensed firearm holder remanded
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Patrick Thompson, the licensed firearm holder who is accused of killing two women and injuring three others last month was remanded when he made his first court appearance in the Manchester Parish Court on Wednesday.
Presiding Judge Monique Harrison remanded Thompson to return to court on March 19 when a bail application is expected to be made by his attorneys Peter Champagnie KC and Samoi Campbell.
Thompson, otherwise called ‘Big T or Thommo,’ an engineer of Levy Lane in Manchester is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, two of counts wounding with intent, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of assault at common law, two counts of possession of firearm and ammunition with intent to commit injury, using a firearm to commit a felony following the incident on Levy Lane on Sunday, February 23.
Those killed are 42-year-old Stacy-Ann Mulgrave of Barnstable District, Manchester and 46-year-old Ann-Marie Hanson of Caledonia Road, Manchester.
A police report said about midnight, Thompson was at a candlelight vigil when he and a man got into an argument over a motor vehicle accident. The argument escalated, causing a crowd. It is alleged that Thompson, who is a licensed firearm holder, opened gunfire at the crowd, hitting multiple people before leaving the area.
The injured individuals were assisted to the hospital, where Mulgrave and Hanson were pronounced dead and the others admitted for treatment.
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— Kasey Williams