Rodney Beckles, son of the University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Hilary Beckles, has been remanded until October 1, when his murder trial will begin in the Home Circuit Court.

The trial date wasset yesterday after defence lawyers told Mr. Justice Courtney Daye that they had received the medical records of the deceased, which they had requested.

Beckles, a 21-year-old social sciences student of the UWI, Mona campus, is accused of fatally stabbing 28-year-old Khalil Campbell, son of Supreme Court Judge Lennox Campbell.

The Crown is alleging that Campbell was stabbed during a dispute on January 4 over a 'chillum' pipe. It is alleged that Beckles denied Campbell the opportunity to smoke his chillum pipe, claiming Campbell was not mentally capable of "handling the weed". A developed, during which Campbell was stabbed several times. Beckles was reportedly held the following day.