Accused trio wasn’t there

Michael Caesar

Michael Caesar, who pleaded guilty to the 2008 Bartica mass killing, yesterday told Justice Roxane George SC and a jury, that the three men currently being tried for the crime were not there when 12 men, including three police officers, were killed.

Caesar, called ‘Capone,’ had been charged along with Mark Royden Williams, Dennis Williams, called “Anaconda” and Roger Simon, called “Goat Man,” who are currently on trial before Justice George for the crime.

The charges against the men are that on February 17, 2008, they murdered Lance Corporal Zaheer Zakir, and Constables Shane Fredericks and Ron Osborne, as well as Edwin Gilkes, Dexter Adrian, Irving Ferreira, Deonarine Singh, Ronald Gomes, Ashraf Khan, Abdool Yasseen, Errol Thomas, and Baldeo Singh.

Caesar testified as a