Ruddock was beaten, threatened into confession, defence claims
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October 16, 2026
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Defence counsel Anthony Williams on Thursday sought to portray his client, murder accused Andre Ruddock, as a man who never confessed to the police to killing his church sister but was beaten, threatened, and put in fear for his life to give a caution statement.
Williams advanced the claims during continued cross-examination of a detective constable in Ruddock’s trial for the October 17, 2021, murder of Taneka Gardner at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries.
Williams suggested that Ruddock had been assaulted, threatened with a firearm, and pressured into taking the blame for the killing.
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