(Audio) Hughes quits Linden COI after ‘shoot me?’ tiff

Nigel Hughes (in glasses at right) thronged by reporters after he left the hearing.

Attorney Nigel Hughes, who has been representing the interest of the families of the three men who were shot and killed at Linden on July 18, yesterday said he would no longer carry out these duties at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry after his line of cross-examination was terminated by Chairman of the Commis-sion, Justice Lensley Wolfe.

Hughes was at the time cross-examining former E&F Division Commander, Senior Superintendent of Police Clifton Hicken, who he asked about a meeting he had with Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, along with Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud. Hughes asked the witness several times how long the meeting, which was held on the evening of July 17, had lasted. Hicken maintained that he could not recall.

It was as Hicken was directing a comment to the