Ex-soldier wanted gang to hit back at rivals

A former member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), who was allegedly working with the Clansman-One Don Gang while in the army, reportedly wanted his cronies to attack the gang’s rivals in Shelter Rock, St Catherine, and to kill anyone that was seen.

The ex-soldier, Jermaine Robinson, was yesterday heard in one of the secret recordings expressing concerns that the gang was not retaliating, especially after persons close to reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan and his brother, Kevaughn Green were attacked and killed.

During the call with the former top-tier gang member who had secretly recorded his chats with the alleged members, Robinson was told that the men had just killed Green’s girlfriend who operated a bar in Jones Avenue in St Catherine.

After enquiring and learning that the shooters were from Shelter Rock, Robinson was heard saying, “Eh, eh, de man dem a go continue do dem sitten deh enuh, cuz dem nuh see sey nutten a reach dem back enuh.”

“A nuh lie, dem a do dem ting and nuh retaliation nah gwann u zeet,” the witness said in agreement.

“Breda to how it a look now … anything wey de man dem see, dem fi drop,” Robinson added.

He further expressed that the earlier attack that was carried out on Blackman’s relative who he identified as ‘Danny’ and the brazen attack on ‘Tonian’ in Jones Avenue, where the gang is based, further showed that the shooters had no regard for the One Don Gang.

During the conversation, Robinson was also heard enquiring about the guns in the gang’s arsenal after the witness told him that he had two rifles to collect.

“Yeah man so wey de Hanna Kay wey di deh, de Hanna Kay, the short one wey di deh?” he asked making reference to the handgun.

Further in the conversation, Robinson was heard enquiring about members of the gang who would be carrying out the attack in Shelter Rock while indicating that he did not want to work with some of the alleged gangsters.

During the conversation, the ex-soldier also told the witness that he wanted to talk to Blackman, who at the time was behind bars.

Meanwhile, the trial yesterday adjourned early due to the absence of available transcripts for the remaining audio recordings.

The prosecution, however, indicated that arrangements have been made to have those audio transcribed and that it should begin on the weekend.

The presiding judge, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, yesterday ordered the Crown to get the audios transcribed after he was informed that some of the audio had not been transcribed.

Bryan and 32 other alleged gang members are being tried on a 25-count indictment under the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) and the Firearms Acts.

The One Don Gang is a breakaway faction of the Clansman Gang.

The trial will continue on Monday in the Home Circuit Court.