Alleged triggerman in Tamara Geddes’ murder remanded

Bryan Shelly, one of the men charged in the contract killing of 36-year-old Tamara Geddes on June 9, 2020 in Trelawny, was remanded in custody until November 24.

Shelly appeared before Justice Bertram Morrison on Thursday morning in the Trelawny Circuit Court being held in Duncans.

Shelly is accused of barging into Geddes' home in Reserve, Trelawny, where he robbed her of two cellular phones and demanded sex. His demand was not met and he opened gunfire, hitting the woman.

Three other persons involved in the murder, Nadeen Geddes, Tamara's sister; and Tamara's nieces, Shanice Ruddock and Janae Smith, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and murder.

Nadeen who paid $150,000 to have her sister killed was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder and five years for conspiracy to murder, while Ruddock and Smith were given five years' suspended sentences in May 2021.

Two other men, 33-year-old Tashana Young, of Norwood, St James; and 55-year-old Owen Irving, also of Norwood, also pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy to murder charges.

Irving was sentenced to 20 years in prison while Young was ordered to serve five years.

- Leon Jackson

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