Colin Jones, four others for trial over firing at police station

Jafar Simpson

Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Jafar Simpson, Anthony Watson and Basil Morgan were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for allegedly shooting at the East Ruimveldt Police Station in 2009.

The committal was handed down in accordance with a fiat sent from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), ordering the court to commit the accused persons to stand trial for the charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, who had previously discharged the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against the men after she found that there was insufficient evidence to have made out a