MICHAEL McLean, the man charged with the 2006 murders of six family members, including three children in St Thomas, is booked to appear in the Home Circuit Court on February 8 where his case will again be mentioned after several failed attempts to start his murder trial.

The mention date had to be set last Friday for McLean to retain the service of another lawyer, after his attorney left the case.

McLean, a resident of the Red Hills Housing Scheme in St Thomas, was charged on March 16, 2006 with the murders of 42-year-old businesswoman Terry-Ann Mohammed; 27-year-old clerk Farika Martin-McCool; nine-year-old Jessie Ogilvie; eight-year-old Sean Chin; six-year-old Jhaid McCool; and three-year-old Lloyd McCool (all Martin-McCool's children).

According to the police, on February 26 about 7:00 am fishermen on the Blue Mahoe Beach in Prospect stumbled upon the bodies of Lloyd McCool and Jessie Ogilvie lying together with their throats cut.

The bodies of Martin-McCool and her son Sean were found about a half-mile away on the other side of the beach called 'Cutters Point'. Their throats were also cut and Martin-McCool had several stab wounds to her back.

At about 10:30 am, Terry-Ann Mohammed's body was found 12 miles away on the side of a footpath in Needham Pen. It was burnt beyond recognition. Police said the body was identified by a pair of slippers she was wearing.

On March 2 the body of Jhaid McCool was found in a shallow grave in Rosemont District, St Thomas after the police were allegedly led to that location by McLean.

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