Breaking news!!! Main witness in Freddie Kissoon faeces-throwing case killed

Sep 02, 2016 News

The main witness in the faeces-throwing case involve popular columnist, Freddie Kissoon, was early this morning killed.

Dead is Osmond Griffith, from Sophia, Georgetown

Initial reports said that Griffith was killed in an apparent hit-and-run at the Plaisance ‘Linetop’.

The incident occurred in the wee hours.

While details are sketchy, Kaieteur News was told that the witness was struck down while he was sitting on a car.

The driver of the car which caused the accident is reportedly in custody.

Griffith was set to give evidence in the ongoing case which is currently before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

Former Office of the President, Press Liaison, Kwame McCoy; staffer Jason Abdulla and ex-cop Shawn Hinds are currently facing charges of assault. The trio is accused of assaulting Kissoon, a popular columnist at Kaieteur News, on May 24, 2010, at Georgetown.
They have each been released on $100,000 bail. The men allegedly threw fecal matter into Kissoon’s face when he emerged from the Nigel’s Supermarket, at Robb Street, Georgetown.

It was reported that an individual walked up to the columnist’s vehicle and threw the substance on him.