( L - R ) Kartel and Mavado

The St Catherine South police are planning to charge Adidjah 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer and David 'Mavado' Brooks for breaches of the Town and Communities Act following their performances at Sting 2008 last Saturday morning.

Crime chief Detective acting Deputy Superintendent Carl Malcolm told THE STAR yesterday that during their performances at the 25th staging of the event at Jamworld, Portmore, St Catherine, the entertainers used profanity-laced and threatening lyrics. He said that this has encouraged them to consider laying formal charges against the men.

The tape

"Having viewed the tape (of the event), we are now in the process of going full fledge at pursuing charges against Mr Palmer and Mr Brooks and any other entertainer who we find in breach of the act," Malcolm said.

He said that the Town and Communities Act covered the use of profanity and threatening words, a number of which were used during the entertainers' performances.

The senior investigator said that he was still watching the tape and as soon as the process was completed, they will go ahead with charging the men. He did not, however, say when this will happen

The artistes, Kartel and Mavado, were involved in a highly publicised lyrical clash at Sting. The event attracted a large crowd and was for the most part incident-free. There were a large number of police and security personnel present as well.

Efforts by THAT STAR to speak to both artistes about this development proved futile, but sources close to them said that they were not aware of this.