Tamara Bailey, STAR Writer
Mandeville, Manchester

The man charged in connection with the death of Constable Orville Preddie was yesterday offered bail when he appeared before the Manchester Circuit Court, but was remanded in custody for another charge brought against him.

Thirty-one-year-old Steve Larmond of a Central Village, St Catherine, address was offered bail in the sum of $400,000 for the charge of murder, but was remanded in custody for a charge under the Anti-gang Law.

The accused, who was charged on January 12, is the only one of the alleged five men who were responsible for the killing of the constable in custody.

Preddie, who was attached to the Asia Police Station in the parish, was killed on Thursday, December 18, 2014 while at a bar/grocery shop in the community of Farm.

He was shot in the head after gunmen found his Jamaica Constabulary Force Identification card on his person.