Man charged with murder of Mona Commons sisters

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Man charged with murder of Mona Commons sisters

A 22-year-old man has been charged with the September killings of two sisters in Mona Commons, St Andrew. The police say Oshane Plummer, otherwise called ‘Steady’, of Tavern Drive, Kingston 6 has been charged with two counts of murder...

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