KINGSTON, Jamaica — The policeman who fatally shot Latoya “Buju” Bulgin in Granville, St James, on May 17 has been charged with murder. Constable Andrew Wilson appeared before the St James Parish Court on Wednesday after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ruled that charges should be laid following an investigation by the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom). The constable was denied bail and ordered to surrender his travel documents.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches (JUGC) is decrying what it says is the shameful treatment of the body of Latoya Bulgin by lawmen over the weekend after she was shot and killed by police. In a statement on Monday, the organisation noted that it was deeply grieved by the fatal police shooting, which took place in Granville, St James on Sunday citing security footage reportedly of the incident which has been circulating online. “What the footage appears to show is not merely a procedural failure; it is a desecration.