Jury finds Andre Ruddock guilty of Pathways Ministries murder
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Andre Ruddock has been found guilty of the murder of Taneka Gardner at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries church in Montego Bay, St James, in October 2021.
The jury returned a 6-1 verdict a short while ago in the Home Circuit Court.
The 39-year-old woman's throat was cut during a sacrificial ritual killing at the church.
During the trial, the court heard that Ruddock was witnessed committing the act and had confessed, leading to him being charged with murder.
The Crown led evidence that the 36-year-old farmer and then security guard for now-deceased church leader Kevin Smith murdered Gardner on the pastor’s instructions.
Ruddock is to be sentenced at a later date.
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