DEFENDANTS in the ongoing trial of alleged members of the so-called Tesha Miller faction of the Klansman gang on Tuesday complained that they were “being treated like cattle”, after being transported to the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston in prison trucks which they said had been baked in the sweltering sun.

The trial, which typically begins at 10:00 am daily, had been set for a 2:00 pm start Tuesday due to administrative issues, hence the 25 defendants were not brought to the holding area early, as on other days.

Defence attorney Denise Hinson, addressing trial judge Justice Dale Palmer at the end of the day’s proceedings, said, “Mr Miller [accused gang leader] in particular and the other accused men are aggrieved [as] they believe that they are being treated as cattle.