The civilian witness who said he was an informant for members of the Clarendon police death squad, testified Tuesday morning that Constable Collis Chucky Brown was working for a popular drug boss in Manchester.
The witness, who was not allowed to call names, said the drug boss is a well known contractor.
For the last two days, the ex-convict turned State-witness has been detailing to the jury hearing the murder case against Constable Brown, his four year involvement with members of the so-called death squad.
He said he was recruited by senior cops and offered money to alert the police to the movement of criminals in Clarendon between 2009 and 2013.
Constable Brown is on trial for the December 2013 double murder of Dwayne Douglas and Andrew Fearon along the Swansea main road in Clarendon.
He is also on trial for the 2009 shooting death of Robert “Gutty” Dawkins.
During his testimony on Monday, the witness told the jury that Dwayne Douglas, was killed by Constable Brown because he had disrespected the drug boss and his friends.
He said Douglas, otherwise called ‘Murderous’, had kidnapped the teenaged daughter of one of the drug boss’s friend in Manchester.
The witness said he provided the information on the whereabouts of Douglas and Fearon which led to their deaths.
He said following the killings, he was invited to the May Pen police station five days later where he was paid $40,000 by a superintendent of police.
The witness claimed he subsequently took the decision to end his arrangement with the police to be an informant.
He told the court that three years later, while he was in custody at the Horizon Remand Centre, he met with Constable Brown, who was charged with the murders.
He disclosed that the policeman told him to remain silent if approached by INDECOM about their dealings.
Under cross examination on Tuesday, the witness, who said he was a pre-trained teacher, admitted to a long list of criminal convictions, including illegal possession of a firearm, simple larceny and possession of cocaine.
He insisted that he was telling the truth about Constable Brown’s involvement in the killings.
The trial continues on Wednesday.
Rejected plea
In the meantime, the witness admitted under cross examination that a Supreme Court judge had rejected his guilty plea on October 22 for misprision of a felony – the act of deliberately hiding one’s knowledge of a crime – in order for him to testify at the trial.
He was given a one year prison sentence, suspended for two years on October 23 by a second judge.
Constable Brown’s attorneys have raised concerns about this arrangement.
The witness said he was given a plea bargain deal by the Director of Public Prosecutions last week.