Klansman Trial: Supreme Court Subpoenas Digicel

The Supreme Court subpoenaed a representative of telecoms provider Digicel, in relation to the One Don Klansman Gang Trial. The prosecution made the request to obtain telephone phone records from the service providers and only received records from FLOW. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes on Monday says he does not understand the reluctance and that service providers are not “sacred cows” and can be compelled to take the stand. Justice Sykes subpoenaed a Digicel official.

The prosecution called another police witness to the stand. The detective says he has been investigating the gang from as far back as 2015. He detailed how he along with other officers went on an operation to an apartment complex on Shortwood Road in St. Andrew in march 2018, in search of the alleged gang leader, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan. The police witness says he can’t recall the mode of entry to the premises or if force was used in gaining access, but Bryan, his brother Kevaughn Green who is on trial, and two females were the occupants of the dwelling.

They were all taken into police custody at separate-secured lockups. Bryan and green were charged days later, for being the leader of a criminal organization and being part of a criminal organization, respectively. 

Both men were positively identified in court. Additionally, the officer spoke to how he and others arrested a member of the Jamaica Defence Force on gang-related suspicions in 2019, namely Jermaine Robinson who is also on trial.

Robinson, he says who was seen in a military uniform at the time, was assigned to the engineering regiment of the force.

His private quarters were searched, but nothing incriminating was found.  Robinson was placed in police custody in his civilian clothes.

Court will reconvene on Tuesday at 10 am.