Wendell Cadogan, charged with threatening to kill his cousin, yesterday told a shocked courtroom that he only took up a cutlass to defend himself because they were fighting over a drug deal and he thought the man was going to try to shoot him.
Cadogan, of Lot 63 Hunter Street, Albouys-town, is alleged to have armed himself with the weapon and threatened to kill his cousin, Lawrence Wilkinson, following a heated dispute over money, Prosecutor Bharat Mangru informed the court.
But in a revelation that shocked the court, the 39-year-old explained, “My cousin and I live in the same yard. He deals with