INVESTIGATORS from the Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) yesterday evening charged dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of firearm.
A news release from the police said that the charges against the deejay, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, were made following the conduct of an interview yesterday afternoon by detectives from the MIT in the presence of his attorneys.
"The allegation is that on Monday, July 11, 2011, Palmer, along with other men, conspired to murder Barrington Burton o/c 'Bossie', a 27-year-old businessman/promoter of a Gregory Park address in St Catherine. Burton was murdered while he was standing with friends along Walkers Avenue in Gregory Park," the police release said.
A preliminary hearing will take place today at the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court, the police said.
Mark ‘Buju Banton’ Myrie, the reggae icon, who became one after converting to Rastafari, will be in prison until February 2019 according to the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons website
The Bureau’s official release date set for February 2019 includes the time the prominent reggae entertainer served in prison prior to and between his two trials within the last year,” the website reported.
Buju has yet to officially begin serving his time. According to the prison bureau website, he is listed as in transit as he is expected to be sent to a federal prison in Mississippi
