'Brown Man' charged for double murder

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'Brown Man' charged for double murder

The police have charged 36-year-old Oral Thompson, who is also known as 'Brown Man', of a McWhinney Street, Kingston, address with two counts of murder. He is accused of killing 52-year-old Clarence Betten, a...

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