The prosecution star witness in the Klansman Gang Trial told the court yesterday that alleged gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan had ordered his cronies to murder a fellow gangster who’s loyalty to the criminal organisation was waning.
The witness explained the alleged gangsters were desperately trying to find out who among them was assisting the police to build a case against them, as many of them were being detained.
At that time the self-confessed former gangster, now state witness was secretly recording conversations he had with Bryan and his cronies and handing over the tapes to detectives.
Stevian Sappleton reports.
In one of the secretly recorded cell pone conversations heard in court yesterday, one of the alleged gangsters, the defendant Jahzeel Blake is heard bemoaning a decline in activities of the criminal organisation.
Squeeze Eye: Me waah lef dis alone and guh find sumweh else and guh daw, it nuh mek nuh sense breddah.
Nuh sense it nuh mek dawg me deh yah hungry caahn fine nutten fi eat and now we deh yah waahn di ting an caahn get di ting.
Witness: Nuh worry yuh self.
In another conversation, alleged gang leader Andre Blackman Bryan is heard saying he was hopeful he’d be released from jail.
Blackman: Yow.
Witness: Wah Gwan?
Blackman: Me did a tell Muma fi link up Miss Valerie e lawyer and ask har a hope shi can come dun di case cause bwoy dem nawve nuh witness yuh si me.
Witness: Aw rite den.
Blackman: Me waah chat to yuh pan program dawg.
Witness: Yea gwaan chat to me nuh.
Blackman: Yea man me waah run a program man but a yaw d only man can deal wid it right now yuh zi me, an a dissapear style yuh zi me.
But link Muma and shout mi.
Blackman: Yuh chat to Sick head wah day yah?
Witness: Yea him seh him nuh switch pan d G, a d G ting him still a deal wid.
Blackman: A dead bwoy dat man.
In another conversation, the alleged gangsters are heard discussing plans to purchase a firearm for $150,000.
In that conversation, Squeeze Eye was among those trying to procure the weapon.
But the witness explained that Bryan ordered them to use the weapon to murder Squeeze Eye as soon as it was bought.
