Munga Honorable’s Lawyer Wants Murder Case Thrown Out

It’s been seven years but the murder case involving dancehall star Munga Honorable is still dragging on. The Nah Mad Over No Gal deejay will return to the Supreme Court on April 30 but his prominent attorney at law Christopher Townsend believes the case should be dumped.

Townsend contends that his client’s constitutional rights had been breached because of the ‘inordinate amount of time’ the case had been languishing before the courts. The latest twist is that the cyber report on electronic devices relevant to the case have not yet been submitted, risking further delays and frustrating full disclosure to the defence.

“My client’s constitutional right to trial within a reasonable time has been breached. A reasonable time is an average of five years, but at this stage, after seven years, without full disclosure, how can we now trust that we can even rely on this (cyber report) information that remains outstanding?” Townsend asked.

Munga, whose real name is Damian Rhoden, is charged with the 2017 murder of Cleveland Smith.

According to the police report, it is alleged that Smith was accosted by a group of men, one of whom was reportedly armed with a gun at a dance in the Ackee Walk community of St Andrew. An altercation ensued between them during which Smith was shot.

He was then rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Munga Honorable is known for tracks such as In My Arms, Flippin Rhymes, and Bad From Me Born.