October court date for policeman accused of murdering wife
Published:Wednesday | May 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The trial of a policeman who is accused of murdering his wife to prevent her from testifying against him in a shooting with intent case, has been set for October 10 in the Home Circuit Court.
Constable Raymond Campbell, who was assigned to a police station in St James, is charged jointly with truck driver Greg Cameron, 26, of Mount Salem, St James .
The trial was set to start Monday but had to be put off because Cameron's lawyer, Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, is one of the lawyers representing the four policemen who have been on trial since last week for the murder of 18-year-old André Thomas, of Grants Pen, St Andrew.
Campbell was arrested and charged in 2008 with shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm. He was accused of firing shots at other policemen at a police station in St James. Campbell was allegedly held in bushes the next day and he allegedly reported that he was abducted. He was allegedly found in possession of his licensed firearm and another gun.
He was tried in the Gun Court last year but was freed of the charges.
missing wife
The Crown alleges that Campbell's wife went missing in August 2008. Allegations are that Campbell fatally shot his wife Kerry-Ann Brown-Campbell, but the body has not been found.
Teeth were found in bushes and when tests and analysis were done the scientific report indicated that the teeth could have been from Brown-Campbell.
Cameron is on bail in the sum of $1 million with a surety.
Monday, attorney-at-law Melrose Reid who is representing Campbell applied for him to be granted bail because he had been in custody since 2008, but Justice Paulette Williams turned down the application.