FOUR alleged members of the notorious Umbrella Gang of Newlands, Portmore, three of whom were on the St Catherine South Police division's most-wanted list for six months, are to reappear in the Kingston Gun Court on March 29.

Travis 'Shrek' McPherson, Romaine 'British' Edwards, Patrick 'Mad Max' McDonald and Odean 'Zekes' Samuels have been described by police as key players of the Umbrella gang, unleashing a reign of terror on Newlands, Naggo Head and Portmore Lane communities.

The St Catherine South Police claim the gang, run by a jailed leader serving life imprisonment at the Horizon Remand Centre, is responsible for more murders than any other in the history of the division.

An ongoing feud between the Umbrella and Uprising gangs, has led to dozens of murders on both sides including innocent members of the affected communities particularly that of a 98-year-old woman, whose house was torched last November.

The four men, described for months as being wanted for serious crimes, were said to have fled the community after a shoot-out with the St Catherine South fugitive apprehension team.

The shoot-out resulted in the recovery of a shotgun. Samuels was held soon after.

Police sources said the community recently went into a panic after rumours circulated that the four had been offered bail.