Homicide detectives have charged 60-year-old Kenneth Charles with murder following the death of 56-year-old Nicole Ovid of Romeo Street, St James. Ovid’s body was found on a pavement earlier this month.

Charles was rearrested on Thursday, and formally charged at the St James Police Station after officers received fresh legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Ovid’s body was discovered in the early hours of December 7, after police received reports of an altercation in the area. An autopsy conducted last week confirmed that she died from multiple blunt force trauma, indicating she was the victim of a violent assault.