Jah Cure To Head Back To Court As Dutch Prosecutors Press Appeal

Incarcerated Reggae artist Jah Cure, who was convicted of attempted manslaughter in the Netherlands two years ago, will be heading back to court in August as Dutch prosecutors press ahead with their appeal against the singer’s acquittal of an attempted murder charge.

“The investigation is still ongoing and there’s no updates on this case other than a new pro forma-trial date: August 20th,” Tuscha Essed, press officer for the Public Prosecution Service on appeal, told DancehallMag.

In March 2022, Cure, whose real name is Siccature Alcock, was convicted of attempted manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison after he stabbed a concert promoter over unpaid performance fees in October 2021.

The trial judges had ruled that Jah Cure’s actions were not a premeditated act of attempted murder.

However, following the sentence, Dutch prosecutors appealed against the acquittal of the attempted murder charge.

He was remanded in January, pending a new trial.

Jah Cure came to prominence after the release of his hit songs Longing For (2005) and Love Is (2005)—which he later admitted were recorded illegally while serving eight years in prison in Jamaica for rape—and True Reflection (Behind These Prison Walls) (2007), which was sanctioned under the prison’s “Rehabilitation Through Music” program. He was released in July 2007.

His 2015 album The Cure topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart in its first week and copped a nomination for the Grammy Award’s Best Reggae Album in 2016. It included the songs That Girl, Rasta and Life We Live.

He’s also known for the hit songs Never Find, the John Legend cover All Of Me, That Girl, Wake Up, and What Will It Take.

In January last year, ahead of the release of his last album, Undeniable, Cure apologized to his fans for the “situation.”

“My message to my fans is I apologize for this situation I get myself caught up in,“ he had said. “I would like to give this album to you as a special gift from me to you. Until we see each other soon, I will have some interesting songs to share with you.”