No Bail for Ninja Man

DANCEHALL entertainer Desmond Ballentine, better known as ‘Ninja Man’, and his son, Jahniel Ballentine, 21, – both facing murder charges – were both denied bail when they appeared in Gun Court section of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’ Court yesterday.

Clayton Dennis and Seymour Samuels who are facing murder charges in connection with the same case, were also denied bail by Resident Magistrate Valerie Edwards, who said the allegations were too serious to grant them bail.

The four, who are facing charges of murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm, in connection with the murder of Ricardo ‘Ricky Trooper’ Johnson at his Marl Road home, in Olympic Gardens, Kingston 20, are scheduled to return to court on July 2.