Police constable Lincoln McCoy, who shot dead his lover and attempted suicide in 2013, will have to wait until Friday, May 6 to know his fate.
Constable McCoy was found guilty of murder in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston on Wednesday, April 13.
Sentencing was delayed due to McCoy’s attorney, Carlton Collman failing to turn up.
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) secured its first murder conviction when a seven member jury found McCoy, guilty of the murder of 21-year-old cashier Jessica King, of Mill Bank District in Portland. The two were in a relationship that went sour.
McCoy was assigned to the Buff Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Office at the time of the incident.
Reports are that on August 14, 2013, Cons. McCoy shot and killed Ms. King and then made an unsuccessful attempted to kill himself, at the Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio at approximately 5:45 p.m.
Both were subsequently found lying on the ground. They were taken to the Port Antonio Hospital where King was pronounced dead. Constable McCoy was treated and later airlifted to the Kingston Public Hospital for further treatment.
INDECOM arrested and charged McCoy for the murder of King on September, 4, 2013. Following his arrest, he was taken before the Port Antonio Resident Magistrates Court to answer to the charge.
The trial of McCoy began in the Home Circuit Court on April 4, 2016 before Justice Lloyd Hibbert. The matter was prosecuted by crown counsels, director of public prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn and Joel Brown.
At the trial, evidence was led that Cons McCoy shot King in the forehead and neck from almost point blank range and that McCoy then used his service pistol to shoot himself twice.
