THREE more alleged members of the notorious Klansman Gang are expected to be added to the number to be tried when the eagerly anticipated matter begins in court on January 7, 2026.

On Wednesday 23 alleged members of the gang appeared in court where a prosecutor told Supreme Court Judge Justice Vinnette Graham-Allen that the number of defendants is set to increase.

“It has been brought to my attention that we are to expect three additional accused men to be brought,” the prosecutor told the court.

“Their names I do not have at my disposal at this time. Right now we have 23 men before the court and we are expecting three more. I have been informed that out of the three additional persons to be brought, two of them have yet to be identified by the witness and as such, we only have their aliases,” added the witness.

The alleged gangsters are accused of participating in several major criminal activities, including murder and extortion between August 5, 2017 and August 22, 2022.

In court on Wednesday Justice Graham-Allen with one of the alleged gangsters Rolando Hall, who did not have an attorney.

Hall told the court that he was of the opinion that attorney-at-law Everton Bird was representing him.

Justice Graham-Allen asked Bird to confirm whether he was representing a Jermaine Hall, which is the name on the judge had on file for Rolando Hall.

“Before this court is Rolando Hall. I don’t know a Jermaine Hall. No is the only answer I can give to the question of whether I represent him because certain steps have not yet been taken. I indicated in the last occasion that Mr Hall has not put me in a position to tell the court that I represent him,” Bird responded.

Justice Graham-Allen then asked the senior attorney if he would be willing to accept Hall as a legal aid assignment.

“No ma’am, I haven’t done an assignment in years,” was the immediate response from Bird.

A seemingly peeved Justice Graham-Allen indicated to Hall that the case has been before the court for a very long time and quizzed him on when he would get a lawyer.

“Your family can afford a lawyer for this case? Answer me yes or no, because you are not going to hold us up in this case. I am not going to allow you to do that. You can call your family?” questioned Justice Graham-Allen.

A nonchalant Hall, who sat two seats away from the alleged gang leader Tesha Miller in the prisoner’s dock stood up to address the judge and indicated, “Your honour, I will speak to my family. Your honour, I don’t have a cell phone. When I get visit on Wednesday, I will tell them. I already spoke to them and they said Mr Bird is my lawyer.”

But Justice Graham-Allen pointed out that the last time the case was before the court in April Hall had indicated that Bird was his lawyer while Bird told the court that he was not representing him.

“I am central sorting office today because I have to sort it out so that we can get everything ready,” said Justice Graham-Allen who asked attorney-at-law John Clarke, who is representing Miller, to explain to Hall the urgency of the situation.

After speaking with Hall, who appeared annoyed, Clarke told Justice Graham-Allen that the accused was begging the court for some time to get his house in order and that by the next court date he will have a firm answer.

“Look here, when this case starts on the 7th of January next year it is going to start and we can’t have any hiccups or anything to stop it. You keep in touch with one of the lawyers before the next court date or the criminal registry. We can’t go any further because you have stalled the case,” declared Justice Graham-Allen.