T&T man who accused top cop of abuse killed

(Trinidad Guardian) Ce­cil Skeete—the man who ac­cused top cop Gary Grif­fith of chok­ing, punch­ing, and putting a gun to his head—has been shot dead.

Sources say the 50-year-old was shot sev­er­al times last night near his Free­dom Street, Co­corite home.

It is al­leged he was part of the “Ras­ta City” Gang.

Over the years, Skeete re­port­ed­ly had a num­ber of run-ins with the law for pos­ses­sion of firearms and am­mu­ni­tion and oth­er of­fences.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands he was out on bail on charges of arms and am­mu­ni­tion pos­ses­sion dat­ing to 2017.

In Au­gust, Ce­cil Skeete’s son, Ronell Pierre, was shot and killed on the West­ern Main Road, Co­corite.

Ce­cil Skeete a res­i­dent of Co­corite, al­leged in a re­cent Denyse Renne / Trinidad Ex­press sto­ry that Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith abused him while at the Four Roads Po­lice Sta­tion.

Com­mis­sion­er Grif­fith de­nied the al­le­ga­tions, which had been sup­port­ed by an im­age of the Sta­tion’s Di­ary, where all in­ci­dents are record­ed. The top cop had claimed that Ms Renne was ob­sessed with dis­cred­it­ing him.

Ce­cil Skeete then sud­den­ly re­cant­ed his sto­ry, deny­ing the in­ci­dent ever hap­pened.