Dutch Authorities Await ‘Digital Investigation’ Into Jah Cure’s Phone
Reggae singer Jah Cure will spend at least seven more weekends ‘behind prison walls’.
It is expected that the trial, the substantive hearing into his attempted murder case, will take place on March 8th at 2 p.m. It was revealed during the two-hour hearing in a Netherlands court this morning, that the prosecution was awaiting the results of a ” digital investigation” into the Love Is singer’s phone.
The embattled singer, appeared alongside his attorney at law Jan-Hein Kuijpers, to face a battery of charges that includes attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Franklin Wattimena, press officer with The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service in Amsterdam, explained that the investigation into the stabbing was entering its final phase, and the prosecution was awaiting a ‘digital investigation’ into the suspect’s phone.
“The investigation into the stabbing by the suspect is in the final phase,” Wattimena responded via email this morning.
“The Prosecutor is only waiting for the results of the digital investigation into the suspect’s phone. The public prosecutor is also awaiting pertinent information from Jamaican authorities regarding Cure’s prior convictions.”
Jah Cure’s legal team will be asserting that Jah Cure acted in self-defense.
In an earlier interview with the Jamaica Observer, Kuijpers noted that he has thoroughly interviewed the singer, and is prepared to argue his case.
“Mr Alcock is waiting for his trial because he wants to clear his name… Mr Alcock testified in detail what happened, and for him it was a clear self-defence situation,” Kuijpers said. “Witnesses have to be interrogated.”
Kuijpers is the founding partner of the firm Kuijpers Nillesen, which specializes in criminal law.
Jah Cure, whose real name is Siccaturie Alcock, is charged with attempted murder, attempted manslaughter, aggravated assault, or attempted aggravated assault, following an alleged stabbing incident involving concert promoter, Nicardo ‘Papa’ Blake. Cure was arrested following the incident in Dam Square in the city centre of Amsterdam on October 1, 2021.
Cure is no stranger to the inner workings of the justice system. In April 1999, he was found guilty of and sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape. He was released from jail on parole in July 2007, after serving eight years of the sentence.
In 2015, he was arrested by Trinidad and Tobago court marshals shortly after completing his performance at the O2 Park in Chaguaramas. He was charged with accepting money to perform and not showing up. However, after lengthy discussions between his lawyer Mario Merritt and attorneys representing the promoter whom he owed more than TT$83,000 in performance fees, the artist was allowed to go free. He paid US$6,000 in cash to the court and agreed to pay the remainder.