Pathways cop denies gun threat

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1. Thu, 15 October 2026

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   • jamaica-gleaner.com05:07first to report
     Pathways cop denies gun threat

     A detective constable yesterday denied suggestions that he had pointed his service pistol at murder accused Andre Ruddock and threatened to kill him over a false name allegedly given by the accused. The witness, who previously testified that Ruddock confessed at the scene to slashing Gardner’s throat on the instructions of the now-deceased church pastor Kevin Smith, also denied suggestions that he had “draped up” Ruddock by his shorts and “puffed” him in his chest.

2. Wed, 21 October 2026

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   • jamaicaobserver.com05:04
     Second cop rejects claim Ruddock’s confession was coerced

     Second cop rejects claim Ruddock’s confession was coerced

3. Sat, 24 October 2026

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   • jamaica-gleaner.com05:06
     Second JP backs claim Ruddock was not forced to give statement

     A second justice of the peace (JP) on Friday testified that Andre Ruddock voluntarily gave police a statement in which he allegedly confessed to cutting Taneka Gardner’s throat. The witness corroborated earlier testimony from a colleague that Ruddock was not forced, threatened or harmed, nor offered any inducement to give the caution statement, on October 18, 2021 – a day after Gardner was killed in an alleged sacrificial ritual at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St...