The Jamaican national who walked away from a murder charge, did the same thing last Monday, this time from a charge of aggravated robbery.
Methoni Vernon had been discharged of the capital offence in February after his lawyer, Andrew O’Kola, raised issues over the way his client was brought to Antigua to face the charge.
O’kola argued that officials did not follow proper extradition procedures in bringing Vernon, who was living in Dominica, back to Antigua to stand trial.
On Monday, Vernon appeared in the High Court before Justice Tunde Bakre at which time the prosecution withdrew an aggravated robbery charge against him.
Reportedly this offence was linked to the murder charge.
Justice Bakre then discharged him from any further court proceedings.
Vernon reportedly had not been officially charged when he left Antigua a few days after the killing, and it was only after his extradition to Antigua in 2016 that he was formally charged by police here.
Vernon faced charges stemming from the July 1, 2014 murder of 47-year-old farmer Roy Carradice. Carradice was attacked and shot multiple times during a robbery at his farm near the Cassada Gardens Racetrack.
