Attorney-at-law Aisha Robb, who is representing Abihail Myrie, says that her client will present herself to the police when Abihail feels safe to do so.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has said that Abihail will be considered missing until she reports in person to a police station.
“I am aware of the policies of the JCF as it relates to missing persons. When Miss Myrie feels it is safe, at the appropriate juncture, she [will] present herself to the police,” Robb explained. “This is a young, brilliant and promising young lady, and I hope that this will be behind her soon.” She said that Abihail is “in good health”, except for the physical abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of family members.
Robb is the second lawyer in as many days to state publicly that, contrary to Tuesday’s report from the police’s Corporate Communications Unit, Myrie, the 21-year-old daughter of veteran Grammy Award-winning deejay Buju Banton, is not missing.
Maurice McCurdy, who said on Tuesday that he was the lawyer for the family, had stated that Myrie had informed the police that she was not missing. He said that he was retained by Lorna Strachan (Abihail’s mother) and Buju “for the purpose of this correspondence to say that she was not missing”.
