Monday, September 29, 2014 | 8:44 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The four men charged with the murder of Roderick ‘Bunny’ Francis, a high-profile player in the local fishing industry, are scheduled to be tried in the Home Circuit Court today.
The accused are, 42-year-old Carlos Batista of Allerdyce Drive, Kingston 8; 27-year-old George Gardner; Sheldon Watson, 36; and Newton Welsh, all of Kingston addresses.
Sixty-six-year-old Francis was shot dead by gunmen, pretending to have car trouble, outside his Queensway home in St Andrew in July 2011.
Francis’s death is believed to be a contract killing.
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Men to be tried for Bunny Francis" murder today
