Senior cop insists she arrested alleged gangster
Published:Tuesday | April 30, 2019 | 12:22 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer
With the defence attorneys trying to poke holes in her credibility yesterday, an assistant superintendent of police insisted she was not changing her story in relation to the details of her evidence about the arrest of alleged members of the Uchence Wilson Gang and the execution of search warrants.
Last week, the woman assistant superintendent told the court that she arrested accused Kerron Walters at a house located along the Bog Walk Bypass in St Catherine.
She also testified to executing a search warrant on accused Fitzroy Scott’s motor vehicle and on a house he was known to frequent.
Walters’ attorney, Cecile Griffiths-Ashton, suggested that her client was at a bar when he was arrested.
The senior cop, however, explained that the house adjoins the bar.
The defence attorney did not accept the explanation and instead suggested also that the assistant superintendent was not present at her client’s arrest.
The witness insisted, “I arrested him.”
But the attorney suggested that the witness was lying.
The assistant superintendent declared, “I was present. I am not changing my story.”
“I am suggesting to you that you don’t know when Kerron was arrested,” the attorney asserted.
Not aware of phone call
The witness rejected the suggestion once more, saying, “I am sticking to my story I gave to the court.”
It was also suggested that the first and only time the assistant superintendent came in contact with Walters was at a police station, where they had a discussion about money being missing from his wallet.
“I do not agree,” the witness said.
Later in the proceedings, it was revealed that the senior cop had filed a complaint against alleged gangster Junior Rose, who was accused of hurling expletives at a policewoman who was escorting him back to the court lock-up.
Attorney-at-law Jacqueline Cummings suggested that the assistant superintendent went to the lock-up and requested for her client, Rose, to be pointed out.
“No,” the witness said, rejecting the suggestion.
The attorney further suggested that Rose was pointed out to her while waiting to be placed in the police vehicle used to transport accused to and from the courthouse.
Again, the witness rejected the assertion.
It was also suggested that a policeman telephoned Rose, instructing him to exit his house, where he was met by a team of police.
“I cannot speak to a call being made,” the witness said.
A lounge attendant who testified to knowing accused Derron Taylor for at least 10 years said he started living with her in January 2017.
Reputed gang leader Uchence Wilson and his 23 alleged cronies are on trial for breaches of the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act 2014, commonly known as the anti-gang legislation, for crimes allegedly committed between 2015 and 2017.
The gang, which allegedly includes four women and a policeman, is also on trial for breaches of the Firearms Act.