April 2024 date set for former calypso queen’s trial

A trial date for former calypso monarch Aziza Kebret Tsgaye Clarke has been set.

Appearing before Madam Justice Pamela Beckles in the No. 5 Supreme Court on Tuesday, Clarke, who is accused of assisting a now-convicted murderer, was informed that her hearing will begin on April 22, 2024.

The Bonnetts, Brittons Hill, St Michael resident is charged that knowing or believing that Hakeem Stuart had committed an arrestable offence of murder, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, did assist him by transporting him in a motor car to impede his arrest by police on March 21, 2019.

Clarke was represented by Senior Counsel Michael Lashley, while State Counsel Tito Holder appeared for the prosecution.