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#X6MurderTrial: Mother Of Khajeel Mais Breaks Down On Witness Stand

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A sev­en mem­ber jury of five men and two women has been empan­elled in the tri­al of busi­ness­man Patrick Powell aris­ing from the 2011 shoot­ing death of 17-year-old Kingston College stu­dent Khajeel Mais. Mais’ moth­er, Allana Mais was first to take the wit­ness stand and broke down in tears at the start of her tes­ti­mo­ny. Powell is being tried on two charges of mur­der and one count of shoot­ing with intent. He is accused of mur­der­ing Mais, who was report­ed­ly trav­el­ling in a taxi that col­lid­ed with a BMW X6 motor vehi­cle. It is alleged that the dri­ver of the BMW got out and fired at the car, hit­ting the boy.

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Powell is also charged with shoot­ing at taxi dri­ver Wayne Wright with intent to cause harm.

Tanesha Mundle :http://​www​.jamaicaob​serv​er​.com/​l​a​t​e​s​t​n​e​w​s​/​-​X​6​M​u​r​d​e​r​T​r​ial – Mother-of-Khajeel-Mais-breaks-down-on-witness-stand