{
  "id": 17921358,
  "title": "Ruddock claims he was pressured to make murder confession",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/ruddock-claims-he-was-pressured-to-make-murder-confession",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T06:06:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261103/ruddock-claims-he-was-pressured-make-murder-confession"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Murder accused Andre Ruddock on Monday testified that a police constable assaulted him, threatened him with a gun, and pressured him to take the blame for Taneka Gardner’s killing on behalf of church leader Kevin Smith. Ruddock, who is on trial for Gardner’s murder in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston, said the cop also coerced him into confessing to the killing and providing a caution…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}