Woman jumps from moving taxi after alleged threat to kill her

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A woman said she was forced to jump from a moving taxi after the driver allegedly pulled a knife and threatened to kill her during a dispute over a missing cellphone in this western city.

The accused, Ryan Campbell, recently appeared in the St James Parish Court before Senior Parish Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton, charged with assault at common law.

The court heard that on September 29, about 6:30 pm, the complainant was travelling in a taxi from Cornwall Courts, St James, to King Street when Campbell allegedly asked her whether she remembered him from the previous day, when she had reportedly taken his phone.