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The story continues 11 years on
Published:Monday | May 24, 2021 |
For a wife and mother, the story of her husband being shot to death during a manhunt for famed Tivoli Gardens strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, has not ended, even after 11 years. For the watching public, there have been many reasons to place the weeks leading up to and following the Tivoli incursion, firmly in our rearview mirror, however, the wheels of justice turn slowly and for those involved, the nightmares might well carry on for decades more.
‘It happened right in front of me’
Clarke’s widow yearns for justice, resolution 11 years after husband’s death
Keith Clarke did not have a familial relationship with drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, nor did he know him, the widow of the slain businessman has revealed.
Dr Claudette Clarke, who, for over a decade, has heard “a number of rumours” linking her family to the once-feared Shower Posse boss, said she, too, has never met Coke.
“I’ve heard all of them (rumours). All I know is that I don’t know that person, and I am 100 per cent sure my husband did not know that person,” said Dr Clarke, refusing to utter Coke’s name.
“I don’t wish to call the name because I get so nervous to even call the name. But I know that my husband did not know that person and had nothing to do with that person,” she insisted.
Dr Clarke and her then teenage daughter watched in horror 11 years ago as Clarke, 63, was shot to death during a midnight raid led by the Jamaican military at their home in Kirkland Heights, St Andrew, on May 27, 2010.
Published:Monday | May 24, 2021 |
For a wife and mother, the story of her husband being shot to death during a manhunt for famed Tivoli Gardens strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, has not ended, even after 11 years. For the watching public, there have been many reasons to place the weeks leading up to and following the Tivoli incursion, firmly in our rearview mirror, however, the wheels of justice turn slowly and for those involved, the nightmares might well carry on for decades more.
‘It happened right in front of me’
Clarke’s widow yearns for justice, resolution 11 years after husband’s death
Keith Clarke did not have a familial relationship with drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, nor did he know him, the widow of the slain businessman has revealed.
Dr Claudette Clarke, who, for over a decade, has heard “a number of rumours” linking her family to the once-feared Shower Posse boss, said she, too, has never met Coke.
“I’ve heard all of them (rumours). All I know is that I don’t know that person, and I am 100 per cent sure my husband did not know that person,” said Dr Clarke, refusing to utter Coke’s name.
“I don’t wish to call the name because I get so nervous to even call the name. But I know that my husband did not know that person and had nothing to do with that person,” she insisted.
Dr Clarke and her then teenage daughter watched in horror 11 years ago as Clarke, 63, was shot to death during a midnight raid led by the Jamaican military at their home in Kirkland Heights, St Andrew, on May 27, 2010.
