61-year-old Clarendon man charged with murder
Published:Wednesday | February 14, 2024 | 5:03 PM
The Lionel Town police in Clarendon have charged a 61-year-old man for the stabbing death of a farmer during an argument in Cockpit district on Monday.
Charged with murder is Michael Foster.
His court date is being finalised.
He is accused of killing 61-year-old Boneta Stewart, otherwise called 'Mikey Mouse', a farmer of Cockpit district in Lionel Town.
The police report that about 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 12, Stewart and a man got into an argument.
The argument escalated and the man used a kitchen knife to stab Stewart several times before fleeing the scene.
On Tuesday, February 13, at about 6:30 a.m., a police team revisited the scene and found Foster.
He was subsequently arrested and charged.
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