The accused in the murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton was charged yesterday in a city court, where he claimed he was brutalised by police ranks.
Rickford Jones, of Lot 3093 North Ruimveldt, was apprehended by police last Thursday along the East Bank corridor in a bus bound for Linden. It was reported by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum that the man confessed to the crime.
Jones, also known as ‘Jonesy,’ was read the charge which stated that on November 18, at Festival City, North Ruimveldt, while in the company of another,