MATTHEW Prendergast, the grandson of reggae legend Bob and Rita Marley, has been slapped with a gun charge resulting from an altercation with a security guard at the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road in St Andrew.
Prendergast, 25, is a musician reportedly based between Miami and Jamaica. He is charged with illegal possession of a firearm and assault at common law.
He is alleged to have pointed a gun at the security guard on April 5, during an altercation at the museum premises.
A firearm has not been recovered.
Yesterday, Prendergast was offered $200,000 bail when he appeared before Justice Martin Gayle in the High Court Division of the Gun Court.
He is to surrender his travel documents as part of his bail condition.
A September 24 date has been set for trial.
During the bail application, his attorney informed the court that there was an altercation but that no firearm was brought into play.
Christian Tavares-Finson told the Jamaica Observer later that Prendergast will be vindicated
at trial.
“We are happy that we were able to get bail today and we are confident that when the matter comes to trial in September that Matthew will be vindicated,” said Tavares-Finson.
He is the son of Sharon Marley and FIFA referee instructor Peter Prendergast.
Dem a waste time nt a ting nah come outta dis……..he is a Prendergast……………
What is a Prendergast??…Hope he does time…Jamaica needs a wake up call cause everybody think them can just point gun Inna people face like Dem mek life…chu
but how u know him guity??? The man said he showed him a gun …….
Weh you mean Real? dash it please
lef out di malrey prendergast ..maybe him not even show di security no gun
Finson?
Some bwoy nuh learn.
Drop out Finson and get a proper lawyer.
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Well the article said that there was an altercation…so what was the fuss about and why would the security lie? How would the security know that he had a gun?
The point is the police arrested him because they were called in, however there is no gun. It could be that the security guard was a disgruntle employee and decided to say that he pulled a gun on him. If he assaulted him I was just wandering why he would be pulling a gun in the middle of the assault just for show.