Coroner’s inquest delayed into death of businessman Jason Neil
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – A coroner’s inquest has been delayed to November into the death of Mandeville businessman Jason Neil, almost five years after he was suspected to have committed suicide at his Ingleside home.
The inquest was originally set for Thursday, September 7, following an April 27 application for the probe in the Coroner’s Court in Mandeville by attorney Ashleigh Ximines, who is representing Bunny Neil, Jason’s father.
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Presiding Judge Monique Harrison had granted the application for the inquest to begin on September 7.
However, due to veteran attorney KD Knight being unavailable on Thursday, the matter was postponed until November 2.
Bunny Neil, his daughter Stacy Neil and four of their relatives were in court on Thursday.
A seven-member jury, which was also in court on Thursday, is to return on November 2.
On December 4, 2018, Jason Neil was found shot in the bathroom of his home in the upscale community of Ingleside on Julie Drive.
Police reports are that about 7:00 am, his wife heard an explosion and when she went to investigate, Neil was allegedly seen on the floor with his licensed firearm beside him. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
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Neil, a proprietor of the second-generation family-owned business Neil’s Auto Service, located on Ward Avenue in Mandeville, was interred at a family plot in Dunder Hill, St Elizabeth.
In April, when asked about the progress of the matter, Ximines said it has been “prolonged”.
– Kasey Williams