Three relatives of incarcerated Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Dudus Coke and four co-accused implicated in the murder of another gangster, Patrick ‘P Boy’ Davis, are to be released from police custody.
The seven accused, including Dudus son, were conditionally freed by Justice Leighton Pusey in the Home Circuit Court on Thursday.
The judge acceded to the request of prosecutors for a conditional noille prosequi to be entered in the case due to the unavailability of the witnesses.
However, if the witnesses are located, the case can be readmitted before the courts.
The trial of the seven accused was expected to begin on April 19, but it was hampered by hurdles faced by the prosecution in locating the witnesses.
Some of the now accused persons on a poster before they were eventually taken into police custody.
The trial of three relatives of incarcerated Tivoli Gardens gangster, Christopher Dudus Coke, including his son, and four co-accused implicated in the murder of another gangster, Patrick ‘P Boy’ Davis, failed to get under way on Wednesday.
When the matter was called up before Justice Leighton Pusey in the Home Circuit Court, it was disclosed that one of the defence attorneys in the case was ill.
Additionally, the prosecution requested additional time to prepare their case against the seven accused persons, inclusive of a woman.
Members of the security forces on duty in a section of downtown Kingston on Monday night, February 1, amid a flare-up of violence in the area.
Head of the Constabulary Communication Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay has said the ongoing conflict between gangs from Tivoli Gardens and their former cronies in Denham Town is the continuation of an age-old conflict over turf and extortion.
Sections of west Kingston have been under the gun as the rivals take every opportunity to fire their illegal weapons, taking lives and injuring others in the process.
“Most of the conflict is between the Young Generation gang of Tivoli and gangs in Denham Town. What the investigation has shown so far is that the main reason behind the gang conflict so far is really to dominate the turf because of the proceeds from extortion. The different gangs are fighting for the same space,” SSP Lindsay said in an interview with
McLeod was 51 years old.
Reports are that about 7:50 am, McLeod, widely known as ‘Harry Dog’, who was a labourer of Tivoli Gardens, was standing along the roadway when a silver motorcar with several men aboard drove up.
The men opened gunfire on McLeod before making good their escape.
McLeod was assisted to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Some five years ago, McLeod was acquitted of several criminal charges including larceny, receiving a stolen motor vehicle and forgery in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
The charges against McLeod arose after the vehicle in question was allegedly found in Tivoli Gardens with some 4,000 rounds of ammunition in it during the May 2010 operation to apprehend Coke, who was then wanted in the United States on drugs and gunrunning charges.
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams has described as barbaric and an insult, the decision by the United States authorities to ban his family members from travelling to that North American country.
At the same time, Adams says the United States decision to impose sanctions on him to enter the country has not shaken his resolve and his high morals that he has maintained over the years. For me, I m alright. I ve never been fond of America. I have a visa going 50 years plus and I have never gone to the United States other than about three times and in total, it has not reached staying there for a month, the former tough-talking cop told