Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds, who is accused of murdering self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus, yesterday pleaded guilty to a lesser count of manslaughter,
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Brock Holt Jersey, the trial into this matter was aborted because one of the jurors was related to a witness.Bacchus was found dead in bed at his Lot 76 Princes Street home on June 24, 2004, after he had made bombshell revelations about a death squad operating in the city, for which he said he once gathered information.Funeral parlour co-owner Debra Douglas and her nephew, Fabian ‘Fabie’ Jessop,
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