A shocking fatal stabbing in Campden Park has left a 27-year-old woman dead, with a repeat offender now facing formal murder charges connected to the violent incident. Vermont resident Kamal Small, also known publicly by the alias Condom, was taken into custody on Saturday, just one day after 27-year-old Rayjens Carter, a native of Fitz Hughes, was killed in a neck stabbing inside Lashum’s Bar located in Campden Park. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene immediately following the attack.
On Monday, Small made his first court appearance at the Serious Offences Court, where Chief Magistrate Colin John formally presented the murder charge against him. Following standard legal procedure for this stage of criminal proceedings, Small was not required to enter a plea to the accusation that he took Carter’s life. Chief Magistrate John ordered Small to be remanded into official custody at a state prison, with the next scheduled hearing in the case set for July 2.
This is not the first time Small has been involved in major criminal proceedings, as he has a documented history of prior offences stretching back several years. In December 2021, he made local headlines for a high-value retail theft, where he stole merchandise worth a total of 68,150 Eastern Caribbean dollars from a commercial store in Kingstown. Just one year later, in December 2022, he was linked to two additional offences in Kingstown: a burglary targeting a local church, and the theft of a ewe goat valued at 400 Eastern Caribbean dollars, committed the same month. As the legal process moves forward, the community awaits further updates as the case against Small proceeds through the court system.