Former JDF soldier found guilty of being Klansman member
Ex-Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier Jermaine Robinson was found guilty of being a Klansman gang member on Wednesday by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes.
He was among the 23 alleged gang members still in the docks when the proceedings began on Wednesday morning.
Robinson was a member of the JDF from August 2015 until 2021.
The former army man was said to be a member of Klansman leader Andre “Blackman” Bryan’s security detail. It was said that he was often where Bryan was.
However, Robinson’s attorney Roxine Smith, in cross examining the witness who implicated Robinson, had argued that her client hardly had any time to commit crimes, having been stationed in Flankers in Montego Bay, St James after graduating as a member of the JDF in 2016.
She said her client was transferred to Kingston in 2017 and placed in a special course at Up Park Camp, where he was confined. The witness however countered that although Robinson hardly had time due to work, he still played a role in the gang.
