Detective Sergeant Winston Radcliffe told the Half-Way Tree Criminal Court this afternoon that on the day Reverend Al Miller was intercepted in the company of Christopher Dudus Coke, the controversial clergyman twice ignored efforts by the Police to stop his vehicle.
Miller, this morning pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice as his trial resumed.
He was charged in June, 2010 after the country’s then most wanted man, Christopher Dudus Coke, was found in his Sports Utility Vehicle along the Mandela High Way.
Coke, the former Tivoli Gardens strongman, was being sought by the police to face an extradition hearing. He was on the run for a month.
Sergeant Radcliffe, who was on the witness stand for more than four hours, told the court Dudus was captured wearing a wig.
Abka Fitz-Henley has more in this report.
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Sergeant Radcliffe said he used his service vehicle to follow Al Miller’s SUV as it made its way into Kingston.
The Policeman said despite travelling at over 130-miles per hour he had difficulty passing Miller’s vehicle.
According to Sergeant Radcliffe, Miller was travelling at a high speed.
The popular clergyman, who was seated in the prisoner’s dock, grinned and appeared amazed at this piece of testimony from the policeman.
Sergeant Radcliffe said earlier he had stopped Miller’s SUV and the clergy man pulled over but was given permission to leave.
But, according to the Sergeant, he then chased Miller, following an observation made by a member of his team.
Sergeant Radcliffe told the Court that when he caught up with Al Miller’s vehicle, the pastor told him he was taking Christopher Dudus Coke to the US Embassy because officers were there waiting on him.
The Policeman gave the Court details regarding how Coke was taken into custody and Al Miller interviewed and later charged.
Earlier, lawyers for outgoing Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington and retired Deputy Commissioner, Jevene Bent, indicated that their clients are refusing to cooperate with defense attorneys who’ve requested statements.
Retired DCP Bent and her attorney, Charles Williams, appeared in court this morning
Commissioner Ellington was absent but was represented by attorney, Chris Honeywell.
Honeywell indicated to the court that Mr. Ellington is not willing to volunteer a statement to the defence, because it was he, who initiated the prosecution of Reverend Miller.
But the attorney said Ellington is willing to make himself available to be cross examined.
Responding, Miller’s attorney, Queens Counsel Jacqueline Samuels Brown, signaled that Commissioner Ellington and Jevene Bent will be subpoenaed by the defence and cross examined.
Abka Fitz-Henley, for Nationwide News.
