(Jamaica Observer) The Clarke family has expressed satisfaction with Tuesday’s ruling by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) that murder charges be brought against three soldiers for the 2010 shooting of their loved one, Keith Clarke, during the hunt for former Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.
“We the family are happy with the development that has taken place. The process has been long but the state at which we have reached is encouraging,” Claude Clarke, Keith’s brother, told the Jamaica Observer.
“We are encouraged also by the fact that the director of public prosecutions will be taking the case directly to the Home Circuit Court rather than go through a preliminary enquiry, which would have caused further delays. We are hopeful that in the final analysis justice will be served,” added Clarke, a former Government minister.
Clarke said the family is “happy that the matter will be given priority”.
DPP Paula Llewellyn, QC, ruled yesterday that Jamaica Defence Force lance corporals Greg Tingling and Odel Buckley and Private Arnold Henry be charged with the shooting death of the accountant at his Kirkland Heights, St Andrew home in May 2010. The men were members of a joint police/military team that was searching for Coke, who was held the following month along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine and extradited to the US.
