A man jailed for a daylight shooting on Court Street has sought to appeal his conviction before the Privy Council.

Jahmico Trott was found guilty of attempting to murder a man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, in an incident on May 14, 2017, that left the victim with minor injuries.

He was also convicted of handling a firearm as well as witness intimidation.

Trott was sentenced to 30 years behind bars, but argued in the Court of Appeal that his conviction should be overturned because the judge had mishandled gunshot residue evidence in the case.

The appeal was struck down in 2022, with Justice of Appeal Sir Maurice Kay writing that he was “unmoved” by the arguments.

According to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Trott has sought permission to appeal his conviction on all three charges before the London court.

The Supreme Court had heard the victim — who cannot be identified for legal reasons — was at a home on Court Street when a man knocked on the door with his face covered in a scarf.

The victim’s cousin spoke to the man, who he recognised as Trott by his voice, but shut the door after seeing a gun in the man’s hand.

Trott then climbed onto the balcony, while the victim and his cousin ran from the apartment. Trott chased the victim onto Court Street and fired four shots at him before the two began to fight in the road.

When a bystander attempted to break them up, Trott fired two more shots, one of which grazed the victim’s head, before the victim broke free and ran to the Hamilton Police Station.

Meanwhile, Trott ran to a waiting motorcycle and attempted to ride away, but collided with a car, abandoned the motorcycle and fled on foot.

He was arrested the following day at his girlfriend’s home, where police found a bulletproof vest.

Officers also discovered a significant number of particles consistent with gunshot residue on the abandoned bike, while tests of Trott’s hands following his arrest revealed particles that contained two of the three components of gunshot residue.

Trott was convicted of the offence in 2018.

However the conviction was overturned the following year because Trott’s lawyer in his original trial failed to call the defendant’s girlfriend as a defence witness.

His case was initially set for retrial in 2020, but his counsel argued successfully that the jury selection process was unfair, sparking changes to how the process works.

During a retrial in 2021, the court heard that Trott spoke to the victim’s cousin in Westgate Correctional Facility and asked him why he had testified against him in the initial trial.

The court heard that Trott made allegations about the victim, threatened the witness and urged him to sign an affidavit to say the evidence he had given was false.

Trott said that he had nothing to do with the shooting, but he was found guilty of attempted murder, handling a firearm and witness intimidation by a verdict of 11 to one.

He subsequently launched an appeal and, in 2022, argued that the judge had essentially reversed the burden of proof when discussing the gunshot residue by stating there was no credible evidence the two-component particles found on Trott’s hands came from an innocent source.

He also argued that the judge should not have allowed evidence that a bulletproof vest was found at the home where he was arrested, and said he was hindered in his ability to cross-examine witnesses.

However, the Court of Appeal was not persuaded by the arguments, upholding the conviction.

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