A police sergeant who was the first responder at the scene where the body of Thompson Pen resident Zamari McKay was found with his feet bound on August 11, 2022, in “a rubbish heap”, on Monday, described how he fiercely guarded the site to prevent contamination while awaiting the arrival of scene of crime personnel.

The cop, who was then a corporal, is the latest witness to testify in the trial of 25 alleged members of the so-called Tesha Miller faction of the Klansman Gang now underway in the Home Circuit Division of the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston.

He is also the first prosecution witness to give evidence in relation to Counts 28 and 29 of the indictment, which charges the accused Carlos Williams, Jermaine Clarke and Owen Billings with knowingly facilitating what the Crown says was the robbery and murder of Mackay.