Case against man accused of murdering UTech student Anisa Dilworth pushed back to January 2026

The case against the man accused of the murder of University of Technology, Jamaica student Anisa Dilworth has again been postponed in the St Catherine Parish Court.

When the matter was called up today, the court was informed that the voluntary bill on indictment from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is still outstanding.

The Clerk of Court also informed that the passage of Hurricane Melissa disrupted the process.

Acting Senior Parish Court Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle ordered the accused, 29-year-old Jamar Grant, further remanded until January 23, 2026, when the case will be mentioned.

Grant, otherwise called 'Balla', of Nine Miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew, and Sligoville, St Catherine, is charged with murder and kidnapping.

Allegations are that on May 7, Dilworth was last seen going into a taxi.

Ten days later, on May 17, the skeletal remains of a woman were found on a beach in Hellshire in Portmore, St Catherine.

Tests and DNA analysis were conducted and the remains were confirmed to be that of the 20-year-old pharmacy student.

Grant was arrested and subsequently charged.

- Rasbert Turner

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