Bob Marley grandson’s gun trial starts in June
Matthew Prendergast, the grandson of reggae legend Bob and Rita Marley, is to be tried in the High Court Division of the Gun Court on June 2.
The 27-year-old musician is to be tried on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and assault at common law.
The charges against Prendergast — who is the son of Sharon Marley and FIFA referee instructor Peter Prendergast — resulted from an altercation with a security guard at the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road in St Andrew on April 5, 2014.
He is alleged to have pointed a gun at the security guard during the altercation. However, a firearm has not been recovered.
Prendergast was arrested days later and subsequently offered J$200,000 bail.
He is based between Miami and Jamaica
