A prosecution witness in a Supreme Court trial told the jury yesterday that he had been given money to participate.

Under cross examination by lawyer Kamel Worrell, who is defending himself in the case, Levon Thomas said that he had been relocated off the Island for his safety in connection to the case in which three men are charged with conspiring to defeat justice.

Asked if he had received any other benefits for agreeing to testify, he said that he had been given “additional things”.

Questioned if he had been given money, he replied: “Yes.”

Responding to previous questions, Mr Thomas said there had been no offer from the police and no agreement was reached with the Department of Public Prosecutions.

Mr Thomas previously admitted lying under oath in a September 2014 trial in which Devon Hewey was charged with a 2012 shooting.

While he told the court on that occasion that he knew Mr Hewey and would have recognised him if he had been one of the men who carried out the attack, he later told police he had lied because he was afraid.

Prosecutors have alleged that Mr Hewey, Mr Worrell and Dujon Reid-Anderson conspired together to defeat justice in the case, claiming that Mr Thomas received threats and promises of money if he were to change his testimony.

The trial continues.