Cousin of accused admits giving different version of events to protect him

A cousin of Kevin Rankin, who is accused of murdering his two-year-old niece, told the High Court yesterday that she had earlier supplied a different version of what happened on the day of the incident to protect her cousin.

The indictment against Rankin, called ‘Lil Man,’ is that on October 21, 2013, at South Haslington, East Coast Demerara, he murdered Kimani Phillips.

Meanwhile, the cousin, Kiana Primo told the court she had supplied investigators with