Roger Khan had used a former school mate of the now dead notorious criminal Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins to infiltrate the Buxton gang, and Rawlins had later asked the same school mate to secure an identification card for a gang member who was to receive a crate of weapons.However, following the September 2005 shooting to death of boxing coach, Donald Allison, Rawlins became suspicious of the school mate and cut all ties with him, court papers have said.

The ex-school mate, who had started to work for Khan, is now being used by US prosecutors in Khan’s drug trial as well as in the witness-tampering case against Khan and his lawyers Robert Simels and Arianne Irving, as a key witness.This was the man prosecutors used to record conversations with Simels, leading to Simels, Irving and Khan being slapped with the witness-tampering charge arising out of the drug case.

The ex-school mate, who had started to work for Khan, is now being used by US prosecutors in Khan’s drug trial as well as in the witness-tampering case against Khan and his lawyers Robert Simels and Arianne Irving, as a key witness.This was the man prosecutors used to record conversations with Simels, leading to Simels, Irving and Khan being slapped with the witness-tampering charge arising out of the drug case.

Stabroek News has seen a transcript of secretly recorded conversations the man had with Simels and Irving, just before the three were charged with witness tampering. In it, the man referred to by prosecutors as their confidential source (CS), revealed how he had met Rawlins on more than one occasion in Buxton and he even spoke about being “in the vicinity” when persons were killed. The CS spoke about how he, Khan and others would sometimes meet on a daily basis and exchange information.

Rawlins, who was believed to be the head of the gang that terrorised this country for over six years, robbing and murdering, was gunned down late last year at Kuru Kururu, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. He was said to be the mastermind behind the brutal killings of several persons at Lusignan and Bartica and the police have also stated that he was responsible for the killings of the eight miners at Lindo Creek.In 2006, just prior to him fleeing to Suriname, which saw him being arrested and later taken to the US, Khan had claimed in newspaper advertisements that he fought alongside law enforcement to defeat criminals in Guyana. However, prosecutors have countered that Khan was actually involved in criminal activities, such as killing rivals, to further his drug enterprise.

To view the entire Stabroek News Transcrips of the conversation please go here.

Source: Stabroek News