By LAMECH JOHNSON?Tribune Staff Reporter?ljohnson@tribunemedia.net??A MAN alleging that his confession statement to a 2010 murder was forcefully obtained from him by police is presenting a final witness today in the Supreme Court.?Billy Johnson intends to call attorney Dion Smith to testify on his behalf in today's proceedings before Justice Bernard Turner.?Johnson faces a charge of murder, which he denies, where it is claimed that he, on March 26, 2010 caused the death of Rodne Feritilien.?Fertilien was found dead on Dowdeswell Street with multiple gun shot wounds about his body.?Johnson was charged September of that year in connection with the murder after he reportedly confessed about the crime to police.?The confession was brought to trial by the Crown. However it was disputed by the defence that alleged the statement was obtained from Johnson through police brutality.?Particulars of the brutality allegations were put to Sgt 1908 Keith Rolle who denied that Johnson was forced to admit to the crime.?Johnson alleged that he was hog-tied, slapped, punched, fish bagged, as well as beaten with a bat and had pliers attached to his genitals.?The officer denied that this occurred and that Johnson came clean about the murder of his own volition.?Today, defending attorneys Romona Farquharson-Seymour and Candice Hepburn will call Mr Smith as a witness.?Public prosecutors deputy director Garvin Gaskins prosecutes for the Crown with Viola Barnett.

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