Speaking with
The Gleaner on Monday, Champagnie said that Azan’s statements could compromise the integrity of the investigations.
“Investigations are continuing. I understand that last week Thursday or Friday, Mr Azan gave an interview … . There is a voice clip in which he said that he heard that the employee was, essentially shot in cold blood, and he went on to give a narrative as to how the incident unfolded … . It was predicated on what he said that he heard,” Champagnie contended.
“Someone may want to ride on that narrative and present themselves as a witness who was actually not there. I would have thought that perhaps the more prudent thing to do was for Mr Azan, a respectable businessman, to encourage anyone who saw what happened to go to the police without broadcasting what it is that was said to him,” the attorney said, while acknowledging Azan’s right to freedom of expression