Cop in killing of Brown’s Town vendor before court

The St Ann cop who was arrested and charged for the Friday, July 12, 2013 murder of 21-year-old Brown’s Town vendor, Christopher Hill, was given a return mention date of Monday, October 13, 2014 when he appeared in the St Ann Bay Circuit Court on Friday, June 6, 2014. The constable, Ricketo Graham, was arrested and charged on Friday, July 19, 2012 for the murder of Hill, who was shot twice and left wounded and subsequently succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Hill was said to have been shot and wounded at about 5:55 a-m at Wesely Cresent in Brown’s Town. The INDECOM report in the matter stated that the police alleged that Hill had a knife and was shot after he refused to obey police orders to stop and not advance on them.  After Hill was shot he was left by the roadside.

Hill was later taken to hospital and admitted in serious condition and operated on. He died on Sunday, July 14, 2012 but not before giving the police a statement of what happened. Hill told relatives, including his mother, that he had been shot by the officer and his body dumped as the police thought he was dead. Graham who had been patrolling with another cop at the time of the shooting was arrested and charged for murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice, following a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Graham is represented by Oswest Senior Smith, and was granted bail in the sum of $600,000. He has since taken up his bail. In court on Tuesday, June 6, 2014 Justice Lloyd Hilbert urged the investigators to move with urgency to complete the file so the case could progress.