Lawyers representing deejay Ninja Man, real name Desmond Ballentine, and his son Janile are expected to make another bail application on their behalf in the Corporate Area Gun Court today.

The deejay, his son Janile and another man, Clayton Dennis, are charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. They are charged in connection with the March 16 murder of 20-year-old Ricardo 'Ricky Trooper' Johnson.

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The deejay has been in custody since March and has been denied bail. However, another application is to be made today.

According to reports, Johnson was sweeping his yard in the company of a friend at Mall Road, in St Andrew, on the day in question when a motor car with three men aboard drove up. An argument developed between Johnson's friend and the men who left but later returned with guns blazing. Johnson was fatally shot in the incident.

Ninja Man turned himself in to the police, while his son and the other accused were held during a police operation in St Ann.