Today two boys were taken to Magistrate's Court and charged for the murder of 21 year old Godfrey Hemsley.
They are both 15 years old, and police believe they were acting on behalf of the SSG gang to kill Hemsely who is from Rocky Road.
Today, the officer commanding southside told us more:
ACP Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division South
"Yesterday, we formally arrested and charged 15 year-olds in respect to the murder of Mr. Godfrey Hemsley. They went to court today, and they were both remanded into custody."
Jules Vasquez
"Were they aware of the gravity of their actions? Because, we know that children are often used in these types of wars because they are robots. They are easily led by adults."
ACP Chester Williams
"I cannot say if they were, but I'd want to think that they are fully aware of the act that they had committed. I saw both of them, and they appeared to be children of good sense, and like you rightly said, they are used by the older folks to go and commit criminal acts. And, this is one of the reasons why we are trying to do what we are doing now, and see how best we can remove them from out of that situation where they are being used by the older folks to go and commit criminal acts."
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