He may have made amends at the end of 2010 to push a new image promoting "peace, prosperity and progress", reconciling with Baby Cham, Beenie Man and Dave Kelly, and even taking part in a UN campaign against domestic violence, yet Bounty Killer began 2011 with a trial.
You may remember that in September, the War Lord beat his partner Racquel Smith, 19, using a hammer among other things (news of 04/10/2010).
Justice nevertheless let him go free, ordering the charges dropped. The complainant, Racquel Smith, who had said she preferred mediation, had seen her request turned down by the court. As she failed to appear at the trial on 31 January, the case was dismissed.
Bounty Killer will nonetheless be back in court in March to answer charges of possession and use of marijuana.
Source: Jamaica Observer