Cop admits to killing girlfriend, pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Rasbert TurnerJournalist at Jamaica Star

July 16, 2026

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Cop admits to killing girlfriend, pleads guilty to manslaughter

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A police constable accused of fatally shooting his 20-year-old girlfriend during a domestic dispute in St Mary last year has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Twenty-four-year-old Constable Patrick Walters entered the plea in the St Mary Circuit Court on Wednesday, July 15.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on September 25.

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