Two men appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with the murder of 30-year-old Aquil Richardson.

Antoine Herbert Anderson, 31, and Jamaican Phillip Anthony Bradshaw, 26, were not required to enter a plea to one count of murdering Mr. Richardson last Boxing Day and another of assaulting Lavar Smith, as the case must be heard in the Supreme Court.

Mr. Richardson, from Southampton, was sitting on a wall at the corner of Spice Hill Road and Horseshoe Road, Camp Hill, Southampton, when he was shot dead at 9 p.m.

Mr. Richardson's mother Shahidah Abdur-Rahim looked on as Anderson, of Captain Fox's Lane, St. George's, and Bradshaw, of Curving Avenue, Pembroke, remained silent and showed no emotions as the charges were read.

The men were brought into the packed courtroom under tight security.

Senior Crown counsel Paula Tyndale asked Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner to remand the defendants into custody pending administrative procedures.

Mr. Warner remanded both men into custody. Anderson is represented by defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher while Bradshaw is represented by lawyer Larry Scott.