By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A 33-year-old man who was charged with murdering an inmate with whom he shared a cell last year claimed he was innocent and says he saw a prison officer beating the deceased.
Diallo Williamson appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney, charged with last year’s murder of Mikhail Miller, an inmate at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS).
Miller, 29, was found dead in his cell with injuries at BDCS on November 1, 2021.
His cause of death was later revealed as “blunt force trauma”. However, relatives have questioned the details surrounding Miller’s death.
During yesterday’s hearing, Williamson, who was not required to enter a plea to the charge, claimed he was innocent of the offence.
The 33-year-old told the court he met Miller with injuries on the day in question and alleged that he watched him being beaten by a prison officer.
“That man came in the cell with injuries,” he said. “I meet that officer wapping and beating that man (sic).”
The accused insisted he was not a killer, adding he doesn’t like to put his hands on “people’s children”.
“I ain’t crazy,” Williamson added.
In response, Magistrate McKinney told the accused he would be able to give his version of the story in due time and adjourned the matter to March 25 for the service of a voluntary bill of indictment.
Williamson was remanded to prison. He has a right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
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