THE mother of a woman who was brutally slain on Pennant Terrace in St Andrew last month has been charged by homicide detectives from the Major Investigative Task Force for conspiracy to murder her daughter.

Two other men, including the driver of the taxi have also been charged in connection with the double murder.

The woman's daughter was one of two females who were ordered out of the taxi and shot dead near the intersection of Pennant Terrace and Red Hills Road. The mother was also in the taxi but was unharmed.

The taxi driver and the mother told police that the vehicle was commandeered by two gunmen who ordered them to drive to Pennant Terrace before shooting the women.

However homicide detectives, after interviewing the woman and the driver, found their version of the event to be questionable and took them into custody. A third man has since been arrested.