NASSAU-The coronavirus pandemic has delayed the murder retrial of a man accused of killing the brother of an anti-crime activist Khandi Gibson.
Thorne Duncan, 28, was supposed to face trial for the 2012 murder of Khanoachi Knowles on June 29.
Since new jury trials remain on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns on Wednesday reset it for November 23.
At the first trial in 2015, a jury could not reach a verdict. Roberto Reckley, who represented Duncan at the first trial, is still his attorney.
Prosecutors alleged that Duncan and Clarence Smith Jr. Knowles in front of a petty shop on Rockcrusher Road. Clarence Smith is serving 38 years in prison for Knowles’ murder.
Ms. Gibson started the non-profit Families of All Murder Victims after she lost two brothers within eight months of each other.
Ms. Gibson was still mourning the death of her elder brother, Anthro Knowles, when Khanoachi Knowles, 31, met the same violent end on April 17, 2012.
