KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two police constables charged with the fatal shooting of three men in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, in 2013 were acquitted on three counts of murder following a four-week trial which ended in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Constables Damane Campbell and Kenroy Hinds were formally found not guilty after the presiding judge, Leighton Pusey, directed the jury to enter verdicts of acquittal, having considered no-case submissions put forward by the defence teams of both accused.

The police officers were charged with the killing of brothers Andrew and Tristan Brydson and their cousin Kingsley Green. The three men were allegedly shot and killed by the police at a shop in the Shrewsbury community on March 15, 2013.