IN JAMAICA: Man in Andrew Holness murder hoax remanded....Charged is 48 -year-old Maxie Robinson, who was implicated.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015    

MAXIE ROBINSON, the 48-year-old man implicated in the death-threat hoax against Opposition Leader Andrew Holness, was yesterday remanded into custody when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

HOLNESS... has more to come

According to court documents, Robinson went to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) headquarters on Belmont Road in Kingston, on the afternoon of January 28, and reported that JLP MPs Daryl Vaz (West Portland), James Robertson (West St Thomas) and Othniel Lawrence, caretaker for the North West St Ann constituency, had contracted three men to assassinate Holness and general secretary Dr Horace Chang.

Robinson, a resident of Sommerton District in St Ann, had, according to court documents, submitted the names of the three would-be assassins.

The allegation of the assassination plot went public with the police beefing up security around Holness, who had commented publicly on the matter.

The accused was interviewed on January 29 and his statement recorded.

But the police, based on inconsistencies borne out during the investigation, confronted Robinson on Tuesday, February 10, during which he reportedly gave a written confession to detectives in the presence of his attorney.

Court documents say that Robinson admitted to fabricating the story about the assassination plot.

Robinson, according to court documents, gave a caution statement in which he said, "Me sorry fi weh mi put unnu through." He was subsequently charged with creating public mischief. more