Jury expected to consider verdict in Pathways murder trial today
The jury in the murder trial of Andre Ruddock, accused of slitting Taneka Gardner’s throat in an alleged sacrificial ritual five years ago, is expected to be sent out today to consider its verdict. Justice Leighton Pusey is set to complete his summation and directions to the seven-member jury in the Home Circuit Court before they retire. The 39-year-old woman was killed at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James on October 17, 2021. Ruddock, who was reportedly witnessed committing the act and had confessed, was charged with murder.