Berbick nephew charged over death of former boxing champion
A 20-year-old nephew of former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick has been charged with murdering him, police in Kingston, Jamaica, said today.
Harold Berbick and an 18-year-old man were charged last night and were scheduled to appear in court today, constable Courtney Gibbs said.
The body of 51-year-old Berbick was discovered in a church courtyard on October 28 in his home parish of Portland, about 80 miles east of the Jamaica capital, where his nephew and Kenton Gordon were detained earlier this week.
Berbick was the last boxer to face Muhammad Ali in the ring and briefly held the WBC heavyweight title before losing it to Mike Tyson in 1986.
