Date set for trial of McCoy, others charged over Freddie Kissoon assault

Jason Abdulla (left) and Kwame McCoy

A date has been set for the commencement of the trial of Kwame McCoy, Jason Abdulla and Shawn Hinds, who are charged with assaulting newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon.

PPP members McCoy and Abdulla, and former policeman and bodyguard Hinds are accused of dousing Kissoon with human faeces during the attack on May 24, 2010.