Mavado Fumes After Ex-Cop Gets No Prison Time For Shooting Schoolgirl

Dancehall entertainer Mavado has called out the Jamaican justice system over what he describes as a double standard in convicting accused wrongdoers.

In reference to a Gleaner article headlined “No prison time for ex-cop convicted of shooting former schoolgirl in the head” the Wah Dem a Do deejay—whose son is serving a life sentence for a home invasion murder—took to Instagram to express his disapproval of the outcome in the former cop’s case.

“Mi Bl–dclatt but I never know a so the law in Jamaica stay,” he began. “Can someone explain this to me please dem people yah a wicked mi sorry for the ghetto people my god. 👁”

According to Gleaner, former police corporal Kirk Haye was found guilty of shooting the then 13-year-old schoolgirl in the head in a taxi in downtown Kingston in 2016.

His attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie QC took almost four hours to state his claim, and the defendant who was convicted of unlawful wounding, was last Thursday sentenced to two years in prison, which was suspended for two years pending good behavior for the period.  The suspended sentence means that if he is not convicted of any offence within the next two years, then he will not have to serve the two years’ imprisonment.

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Last March, Mavado’s son Dantay Brooks and his co-accused Andre Hinds were sentenced to life on the three charges stemming from a 2018 home invasion in Cassava Piece, St. Andrew that left Lorenzo Thomas dead.

Brooks must serve at least 21 more years before being eligible for parole. He was also sentenced to 15 years for illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to 15 years for arson.

During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Brooks and Hinds were among five men who stormed into Thomas’ house and shot him. Thomas’ father, who was unharmed, provided crucial witness testimony which included the gang’s attempts to sever Thomas’ head and the use of gasoline to set the body and house on fire.

Following the verdict, Mavado cried “corruption” and contended that his teenaged son and co-accused Andre Hinds were not given a fair trial. He addressed the testimony of Thomas’ father saying, “This man also went on the stand and said that these same police officers who carried out the arrest of my son & my family from my home are working for me and he feared his life.”

“The same man who claim he feared his life, still gave over 14 pages of statements? The inconsistencies inna this man statement only shed light on the corruption,” Mavado added at the time.

Meanwhile, Mavado is caught up in his own legal battle against former attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado. She is accused of defrauding the deejay, whose real name is David Brooks, of more than $30 million.

Mrs. Messado, who has been disbarred, is accused of defrauding the entertainer in a real estate deal. It is alleged that in April 2018, Mavado was introduced to a property at Grosvenor Terrace, Kingston 8 and started making arrangements to purchase the property through his attorney, Tamika Harris.

Messado reportedly professed to have been given permission to oversee the sale as the owner was incarcerated overseas. Mavado later reportedly paid Messado $30.7 million for the property and signed a sale agreement and a document giving him possession.

However,  it was later discovered that the property was not for sale and that the owner was not incarcerated. The owner of the property further indicated that he did not know Messado and never gave her permission to sell his property.  Following the alleged fraud, Mavado was reportedly reimbursed only $7 million.

The trial is set to begin on September 12, and Mavado will be making his testimony via video link from the US.