Two policemen charged in the controversial shooting deaths of three Westmoreland men over a decade ago walked free from court on Wednesday after a jury was directed to return not guilty verdicts in the high-profile case.

Constables Damane Campbell and Kenroy Hinds, both formerly attached to the Westmoreland Police Division, were acquitted in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston after the judge upheld no-case submissions made by their attorneys following a four-week trial.

The cops had each been facing three counts of murder in relation to the 2013 shooting deaths of brothers Andrew and Tristan Brydson and their cousin Kingsley Green in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland.