Kartel trial: Williams begged for his life, witness tells court
KINGSTON, Jamaica –The chief witness for the prosecution in Vybz Kartel’s murder trial, this morning testified that on the 14th of August, 2011 he and Clive Williams visited Williams’ sister’s house in Waterford St Catherine.
“We were kind of shaky and scared because we knew the situation we were in,” he told the court.
He testified that while at the house Williams answered his cell phone which he put on speaker.
The witness was being lead by senior prosecutor Jeremy Taylor.
He said that he heard Williams speaking to Kahira Jones, whom he said he knew from primary school.
According to the witness Williams told Jones to “beg Kartel” for him. “Him [Jones] say everything good, you don’t have to worry,” the witness said.
Taylor then asked him if he know why, to which the witness replied “yes sir”.
He said after the call ended Williams’ sister gave them $1000, took them to the Portmore Mall and told them to leave the area.
Williams is believed to have been killed on August 16, 2011 at a House in Havendale, St Andrew.
Kartel and several others including, entertainer Shawn ‘Shawn Storm’ Campbell, Andre St John, Kahira Jones and Shane Williams are charged with Williams’ murder.
Fashion designer Calvin Hay another suspect in the killing was freed last week.