Defendants’ shuffle fails to prevent cop from identifying accused

Defence attorneys in the trial of 25 alleged members of the Tesha Miller faction of the Klansman Gang received another round of scolding from trial judge Justice Dale Palmer last Friday after their poor attendance in court forced a halt to testimony from a police witness.

At the same time, a challenge by the defence to have the cop, a deputy superintendent, identify one of the accused fell flat after the cop was sent out of the courtroom, the men in the docks switched seats, and he was recalled to pick out the defendant.

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The cop, who said in June 2020 he was assigned to the Major Investigative Division (MID), had taken the stand to give evidence of his interactions with accused Klansman gangster Charles McLeary following a double murder on Friday, June 26, 2020, in John’s Hall, Clarendon.