A 27-year-old manslaughter accused was granted $250,000 bail and a preliminary enquiry date set in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Conditions of the bail offered to Carlington Rowe include him reporting to the Granville Police Station on Tuesdays and Fridays, surrendering travel documents and staying away from the witness and his family.

Rowe, who resides in Retirement, St James, was also warned to tell his friends and family to stay away from the witness following allegations that a relative of his had shot and injured the witness.

The preliminary enquiry is for August 25, and the prosecution was told to get all outstanding documents on file so defence attorney Kenneth McLeod can be served with copies.

The accused was arrested in February, five months after he allegedly hit six-year-old Jevaughn Sutherland. He allegedly fled the scene after the accident and was apprehended in St Mary.

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Allegations are that on September 19, 2008, the child was walking to the shop when Rowe was driving on the roadway, which was wet from rainfall. The child was hit and flew in the air. The father of the child, who knew Rowe, witnessed the accident and called out to the accused, but he did not stop.

Jevaughn was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Rowe was held at a location in St Mary on February 25, and handed over to the Montego Bay police.