A resistant Tesha Miller dragged to court

Reputed leader of the Clansman Gang, Tesha Miller, this morning delayed the start of case management hearing in the Home Circuit Court for over three hours after he refused to attend.

Miller, the court heard, had refused to leave his cell at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, forcing the police to devise a plan to get him to the Supreme Court.

However, when he arrived, it was reported that he again refused to be escorted into the courtroom and had to be dragged by the police as he kept resisting.

The matter, which was scheduled for 10 a.m., started around 1:40 p.m. shortly after Miller entered the courtroom dressed in a long white t-shirt and red shorts, unlike his usual clean and crisp long, white sleeve shirt and white pants.

His hair, which had streaks of gray, looked unkempt.

The delay did not go unnoticed by Justice Vinette Graham-Allen, who demanded to know the reason for the wait as soon as she started the matter.

She was then informed by the prosecutor as to what transpired and was told that Miller was the reason, as the other 23 accused in the case had arrived at court from 9:45 a.m.

Miller's attorney-at-law John Clark, while indicating that he needed to get further instructions from his client, disclosed that his client was used as a "punching bag".

He also questioned whether a writ was obtained for his client to be brought to court and whether it was served on Miller.

However, he was told by the judge that by law the writ is not required to be served on his client who is in the State's custody.

Miller is currently serving nearly 39 years for accessory before the fact to murder and accessory in connection with the 2008 murder of former chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Douglas Chambers.

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