NASSAU- An ex-con has been charged with attempted murder in a shooting that was captured on security cameras.
Tavare Mejias, 44, of Blenheim Road, Stapledon Gardens, is accused of the April 10 shooting of Desmond Smith at a bar on Bethel Avenue.
He did not have to enter a plea when he made his first court appearance before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on Thursday.
Bail was denied and Mejias is due to return to court on June 7.
Mejias, otherwise known as Lil Spoon, was in 2013 convicted of the attempted murders of two men at the same bar on December 25, 2010. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with credit for the one year spent on remand.
According to the evidence, Darvin Forbes and Apricio Fox were sitting at the bar watching a basketball game when Mejias suddenly pulled a gun after eating three “herb cookies”. Mejias shot Forbes before turning the gun on Fox.
Both men said they had known Mejias all their lives.
However, Mejias maintained his innocence. The Court of Appeal upheld his conviction and sentence in 2014.
