A police witness was yesterday accused of withholding important evidence during his testimony about injuries that assault accused Jason Abdulla claimed he sustained at the hands of lawmen.
Detective Corporal Hamlet DaSilva yesterday took the stand at the trial of Abdulla, Kwame McCoy, 40, and Shawn Hinds, 51, who are charged with assaulting Freddie Kissoon, a newspaper columnist and activist, whom they allegedly doused with human faeces during an attack in 2010.
During DaSilva’s evidence-in-chief, he admitted that he escorted Abdulla to a hospital after there was an allegation by attorney Latchie Rahamat that the man was beaten by officers while he was in police custody at Eve Leary.
