By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A WOMAN was granted $10,000 bail yesterday after being accused of assisting the suspects in the murder of Reserve Inspector Lernex Williams earlier this month.

Antoinette Henfield, 44, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley on a charge of accessory after the fact to murder.

Prosecutors allege that Henfield knowingly helped the suspects evade the law following the June 15 murder of Inspector Williams.

Inspector Williams was fatally shot that day during an attempted armed robbery outside RBC Palmdale, where assailants tried to steal a deposit bag from him.

Williams, who previously lost his eldest son in 2020, is survived by two sons and a daughter. His nephew, Leshardo Stovell, described him as a generous and joyful man, deeply loved by his family and the wider police force.

The officer’s murder triggered an island-wide manhunt for the suspects. To date, no one has been formally charged with his murder.

Henfield was not required to enter a plea at this stage. She was informed that her case would proceed to the Supreme Court via a Voluntary Bill of Indictment (VBI).

Inspector Deon Barr, serving as the prosecutor, raised no objection to bail, noting that Henfield had no prior convictions and did not pose a threat to public safety.

Her bail was set at $10,000 with one or two sureties. As part of the bail conditions, she will be fitted with an electronic monitoring device and must sign in at the Quakoo Street Police Station every Friday by 6 p.m.

Henfield’s VBI is scheduled for service on September 4.

Karen Munroe represented the accused.