Freedom House staffer jailed for throwing faeces

Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman, Monday sentenced Freedom House operative, Jason Abdulla, to six months’ imprisonment for throwing faeces on newspaper columnist and social activist Frederick Kissoon after founding him guilty of the charge.

Kwame McCoy, former Liaison Officer to the President, during the tenure of the People Progressive Party (PPP), and self-confessed death squad member, Sean Hinds, had the matter against them dismissed after the Magistrate found them not guilty of committing the offence. The Magistrate took a while to outline to the court all the reasons for finding Abdulla guilty. Kwame McCoy, Jason Abdulla and Shawn Hinds were accused of assaulting Kissoon on Monday, May 24, 2010, at Georgetown. The Magistrate told Abdulla that she is of the opinion that Kwame McCoy gave him directives to throw faeces on Kissoon and to record the incident. She added that in Abdulla’s statement to the police, he outlined that after the assault took place, McCoy gave him 100,000 US dollars for a job well done. The Magistrate stated that she found both the oral and written statement given by Abdulla were done freely and voluntarily. She stressed that in his statement he implicated himself. Magistrate Latchman told the court, “I disbelieved when Abdulla said that he had no altercation with Kissoon. I disbelieve that Abdulla was given a few pieces of paper to sign without reading, and I disbelieve that Abdulla have a very poor recollection of his activities on the day of the assault.” She said that the court finds that Abdulla had knowledge of the assault which he watched and then reported to McCoy that the crime was successful. The Magistrate told the court that Kwame McCoy and Sean Hinds did not implicate themselves when they were arrested. They remained silent when they were arrested and it was Abdulla who implicated them both, she said.

(Kaieteurnews.com)