June deadline for case file in British nurse's murder
published: Tuesday | May 20, 2008

Omar Reid and Barbara Jones-Scott in happier times. Reid is the prime suspect in Scott's murder. - Contributed

WESTERN BUREAU:

The prosecution has been given until June 16 to complete the case file in the matter against the St James man implicated in the murder of a 61-year-old retired British nurse in March.

The accused, 30-year-old Omar Reid of Somerton, St James, will remain in custody.

Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry refused a request for bail made by attorney Winston Douglas in the Montego Bay RM Court yesterday.

She told Douglas that the file only lacked one witness' statement and the forensic report. Henry pointed out that certain information Reid allegedly gave the police when he was apprehended on April 2 indicated he was a flight risk.

Barbara Jones-Scott's decom-posing body was found inside a pit at her house in Bullocks Heights, Somerton, on March 21, almost a week after she was reported missing.

The retired nurse travelled between England and Jamaica, and had returned to the island in January. Reid was said to be the caretaker of the premises and had access to the premises when she was away.