FORMER POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY FOR 2017 MURDER

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A Former police constable has been found guilty of murder of the May 2017 fatal shooting of Kriston Pearson at a party in Trinity, St Mary.

Oshane Thompson was found guilty on Friday and is to be sentenced on October 22.

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says during its probe it was reported that the deceased and Thompson had an altercation that resulted in the shooting.

Shortly after, he resigned from the police force and left the island for the United States.

Thompson was subsequently deported to Jamaica and was later arrested by the police on August 30, 2018.

He was subsequently charged following a ruling by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.