Unpaid Fine Delays Deportation of Jamaican Gunman: Legal Misstep Leaves Onickey Orian Reid in Custody Instead
July 30, 2024
Jamaican gunman Onickey Orian Reid faced deportation after a $15,000 fine for possessing a rifle went unpaid due to a court accounts department issue. Legal representatives were involved in the case.
The money for the forthwith fine was in hand and immigration officials were standing by to take Jamaican gunman Onickey Orian Reid into their custody yesterday.
However, an issue at the accounts department of the court saw the $15 000 fine being unpaid and Reid returning to the custody of prison officials, instead of being deported, after his matter concluded in the No. 5 Supreme Court.
Reid, of Fleet Street, Block B7, Apartment 2, Central Kingston, Jamaica, had pleaded guilty, at a previous Session of the Continuous Sittings, to having a 5.56-calibre rifle on April 29, 2022.
He was represented by King’s Counsel Michael Lashley and attorney Sade Harris, while State Counsel Eleazar Williams and State Counsel Tito Holder appeared for the prosecution.
