Jolyn Bryan, Star Writer

A St Thomas man accused of killing Celeena Headman, an eight-year-old, White Hall Primary School student, was again remanded when he appeared in the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court last Friday.

Tristan Shannon, 21, from Soho in the parish, was arrested in February of last year after the body of the eight-year-old was found in bushes close to her home, with her throat slashed and arms bound.

It was reported that she had been sent to the shop by her mother who raised an alarm when she failed to return.

Before Shannon's arrest, angry residents torched the house of one of his relatives. He is to return to the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court on April 28 for a preliminary inquiry.