Woman charged with murder in St James

Twenty-seven-year-old Leecheal Hall of Richmond Hill, St. James has been charged with murder following an incident that took place on Queens Drive, Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday, April 16.

Reports from the Montego Bay Police are that about 12:40 p.m., Hall and 23-year-old Peta-Gaye Deans, a masseuse of Lyndhurst Road, Kingston 5 had a dispute.

During the altercation, Hall allegedly used a knife to inflict multiple stab wounds to Deans.

The police were summoned and upon their arrival, Deans was assisted to hospital where she died while undergoing treatment.

Hall was then taken into custody and charged.

Her court date is being finalised.

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