Kiprich To Return To Court On September 19 Over ‘Thickman’ Dubplate

Dancehall artist Kiprich had his bail extended when he made an appearance in the St. Catherine parish court on Tuesday (May 20).

The Telephone Ting artist will have to return to court on September 19, due to an incomplete court file. The court was told that the police’s Communication Forensic Cybercrime Division report was still outstanding.

Kiprich, whose real name is Marlon Plunkett, 45, is charged under section 18A of the Offence Against the Person Act which deals with the ‘use of audio, visual or audiovisual communication to promote criminal activity’.

Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle subsequently extended Plunkett’s bail until his next court date. Kiprich is being represented by attorney-at-law Patrick Peterkin.

Allegations are that Kiprich reportedly did a One Order dubplate which his management team said was ‘spliced and changed’ to express more inflammatory language than was originally intended. The deejay did the custom-order dubplate for a foreign-based selector in the wake of the death of One Order Gang leader Othniel “Thickman” Lobban, who police say was a key figure in Jamaica’s criminal underworld with influence in several sections of the island.

According to the sources, Lobban had extensive involvement in shootings, extortion, and the enforcement of gang dominance in areas like Eltham Park, Jobs Lane, Cedar Valley and James Mountain in St Catherine and sections of Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew.

Lobban was killed in an alleged shootout with cops in Six Miles in St. Andrew earlier this year.

In the wake of Lobban’s death, Kiprich was placed as a person of interest and subsequently arrested and charged for the use of audio and audio-vision communication to promote criminal activities.

He was placed as a person of interest and subsequently arrested and charged for the use of audio and audio-vision communication to promote criminal activities.

He is being represented by Attorney-at- Law Patrick Peterkin.