Accused in North West murder found not guilty

Michael Britton

Michael Britton, also known as “Rasta Man,” who was on trial for the fatal beating of another man in the North West District, was yesterday freed after a jury found him not guilty.

Britton was visibly relieved when Justice James Bovell-Drakes, who presided over the trial in the High Court, informed him that he was free to go. Before being freed of his shackles and handcuffs, Britton thanked the jury, which acquitted him in the murder of Refford Williams after about an hour of deliberations.

The charge against Britton was that on July 25, 2013, at 10 Miles Backdam, Port Kaituma, North West District, he murdered Williams, 26, called “Kamarang.”