Tag: Roger Davard Bush

Second witness says Bush admitted killing son

Second witness says Bush admitted killing son

| 17/06/2022

(CNS): A West Bay woman told the court on Thursday that Roger Deward Bush confessed to her that he had killed his son hours after Shaquille Bush (24) was found dead in his yard on Miss Daisy Lane, having been shot multiple times. Candace Orrett Ebanks said she had tried to avoid hearing what had […]

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Witness accused of ‘malicious’ false allegations

Witness accused of ‘malicious’ false allegations

| 16/06/2022

(CNS): Defence lawyer Oliver Blunt QC accused the crown’s key witness of “quite maliciously” making up an allegation against a police officer, claiming he had conveyed a threatening message from his client, Roger Deward Bush. He also argued that because Nikkieta Ebanks hated Bush, she had made up a false narrative that he had confessed […]

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Key murder witness lost trust over cop’s ‘threat’

Key murder witness lost trust over cop’s ‘threat’

| 14/06/2022

(CNS): A key witness in the crown’s case against Roger Deward Bush (47) for the murder of his son, Shaquille Bush (24), at their family yard in 2019 told the court how shortly after the killing, she had been ready to tell the police everything she knew until an RCIPS auxiliary officer visited her in […]

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Crown: Father gunned down son in ‘hail of bullets’

Crown: Father gunned down son in ‘hail of bullets’

| 12/06/2022

(CNS): Roger Deward Bush gunned down his 24-year-old son, Shaquille Demario Bush, at their family home in West Bay in a “hail of bullets”, prosecutor Andrew Radcliffe QC told the court Friday. Bush, who is now 47, has pleaded not guilty to murder. The crown’s case against him is that in November 2019, he chased […]

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Father denies murder of son

Father denies murder of son

| 12/07/2021

(CNS): Roger Deward Bush (46) from West Bay will go on trial at the end of October, facing murder and firearms charges for shooting his son dead in November 2019, after pleading not guilty on Friday. Bush is accused of killing Shaquille Demario Bush, who was just 24 years old at the time, at their […]

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West Bay father charged with killing son

West Bay father charged with killing son

| 18/06/2021

(CNS): A 46-year-old man from West Bay was re-arrested yesterday more than a year after his son was shot and killed on Daisy Lane. Shaquille Demario Bush was 24 in November 2019 when he was gunned down near to his home. His father was arrested at the time for the crime but bailed. Police have now charged […]

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