A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Anthony Sutherland, The Portland man accused of murdering Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield.
The 21-year-old Sutherland of Buff Bay is on bail, having been charged in 2019. He was to appear in the Home Circuit Court before Justice Leighton Pusey, in Kingston this morning, for the continuation of his trial.
Sutherland He was dropped off in the precincts of the court but left the area and did not show when his name was called.
His mother who was in court and who acted as surety was told to pay the $800,000 bail bond.
Bloomfield, MP for East Portland, was found with multiple stab wounds and naked at his home in Passley Gardens, Portland in February 2019. Sutherland was later charged.
