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Jolyan Silvera
A trial readiness hearing date of September 25, 2025 has been set for former Western St Mary Member of Parliament (MP), Jolyan Silvera, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Melissa.
The trial is then expected to begin four months later.
The developments were disclosed when Silvera appeared in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston last week.
High Court Judge, Justice Vinette Graham Allen, ordered that the accused stand trial on January 12, 2026.
He was further remanded in custody.
Jolyan Silvera was charged with murder after a post-mortem report indicated that bullet fragments were found inside his wife’s body after she died at the couple’s upper St Andrew home on November 10, 2023. This contrasted initial reports that she had died in her sleep from natural causes.
Following investigations, Silvera was charged with murder in January of last year.
He represented the People's National Party (PNP) in Western St Mary in the 2011 General Elections, defeating the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Robert Montague to win the seat.
However, the script was flipped in 2016 when Silvera lost his re-election bid against the same JLP opponent.
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