It was not me!That was the impassioned statement of Kemal Mario Straker who today maintained his innocence and suggested that police were trying to frame him.Straker, of #15 Clapham Park, St Michael, is charged with possession of a .45 ACP firearm and nine rounds of ammunition on February 9, 2020.When his trial continued in the No. 3 Supreme Court this morning before Justice Carlisle Greaves, Straker opted to give an unsworn statement from the dock.“I was not the person in Reed Street on February 9, 2020. I don’t go to Reed Street. I don’t be in Reed Street at all. I don’t have no friends or any associates in that area. It is a lie that they tell on me,” an emotional Straker stated.
A firearms expert testified today that both the .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) semi-automatic and the nine rounds of ammunition presented to him were in good working condition.Acting Station Sergeant Roger Bullard was giving evidence in the No. 3 Supreme Court when the firearm and ammunition trial against Kemal Mario Straker got under way.Straker, 20, of #15 Clapham Park, St Michael, pleaded not guilty today to having a firearm in his possession along with nine rounds of ammunition on February 9, 2020.