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Former Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan appers in court as witness
On Friday, former Deputy Premier and current MP for George Town Central, Kenneth Bryan, appeared in Grand Court as a character witness for former prison officer Derron Watson.
Bryan described Watson as someone he looked up to during his youth, saying he was “like a bigger brother” to him.
Watson has maintained his innocence in the case. He is charged with misconduct in a public office for allegedly attempting to take almost 55 grams of ganja into Northward Prison last year.
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MP Bryan appears as character witness in prison officer’s smuggling trial
Former Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan on Friday appeared in court as a character witness for a prison officer accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Northward prison.
Bryan, the People’s Progressive Movement MP for George Town Central and a top figure in the last government, told the Grand Court that defendant Derron Watson was a “bigger brother” figure to him when he was teenager.
The MP told a jury, “We have similar backgrounds. … Our parents are from the Sister Islands, Cayman Brac.
“As a younger man growing up, he was someone I looked up to.”
Bryan was speaking at the trial of Watson, who was charged with misconduct in a public office for an alleged attempt to take almost 55 grams of ganja into Northward Prison on 28 Feb. last year.
