Tag: Gangs

‘Livity’ Coke, Brother Of Dudus Coke, Appeals Court’s Decision In Prison Beating Suit

 

Businessman, Leighton ‘Livity’ Coke has filed an appeal seeking to quash a ruling by the Constitutional Court dismissing his application for compensation for the beating he received from soldiers at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in 2012.

In March, Constitutional Court, comprising justices, Lloyd Hibbert, Jennifer Straw and Nicole Simmons, turned down his application.

But Coke, who is the brother of former west Kingston crime lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, is contending that the judges erred in certain elements of their rulings.
He says they were wrong when they found that the soldiers did not breach his rights when they beat him on February 21, 2012.

He is also contending that the judges erred when they found that he was not subjected to torture, degrading and inhumane treatment.

In addition, Coke is arguing that the judges erred when they found that the solders did not, over a period of time, issue threats to him, deprived him of basic necessities such as sleep, food and water and caused him to bathe naked in front of a camera.

He further said the judges erred when they found that the actions complained about did not amount to torture.

Coke and five high-risk prisoners had alleged that they were severely beaten by the soldiers.

However, the Jamaica Defence Force had argued that Coke received his injuries while being restrained after he attacked three soldiers.

Jamaica Gleaner 

New Zealand’s Largest Gang: Mighty Mongrel Mob

 In the 1960s, a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

They didn’t ride bikes, but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club: patches, club colors, and a fiercely violent process of initiation.   They came to be known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob and today they’re the largest gang in the country, with around 30 chapters across both islands. Media access to the Mob is rare, which is why this photo series by Jono Rotman is kind of a big deal.

Jono, who is a Wellington born photographer now living in NYC, cut his teeth capturing New Zealand’s prisons and psychiatric wards, before he took on gang life in 2007.

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Relatives Of Kingston Crime Boss ‘Dudus’ Coke Of 34 People Questioned On Gang Activity & Murder Charges

Via Jamaica Observer—

At least four relatives of incarcerated crime boss Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke have been listed among 34 people of interest in the Kingston Western Police Division.

The police say the 34 people of interest are to report to the Denham Town police in Kingston by 8 o’clock Wednesday morning.

The relatives of Dudus who have been listed are: Leighton Coke who goes by the aliases ‘Livity’ or ‘Bomber’, Lancaster ‘Bomber T’ Coke, Lester ‘Les’ Coke and Javien Coke also called Tico.

The listing of the persons of interest follows last week’s shooting of four people in Coronation Market which the police say is linked to a break-in at a wholesale owned by a popular Tivoli Garden’s family.

On Monday, a man was killed and a woman injured behind the Kingston Public Hospital.

The police say the recent incidents of crime and violence are linked to an ongoing fight between gangs.