\nDecember 03, 2009 – guardian.co.tt<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n
Alves, 30, said he had to \u201cplay dead to stay alive,\u201d otherwise he would have been killed by the police. He \u201cplayed dead\u201d from Morvant to Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he awoke in the mortuary, much to the surprise of the lone policeman and hospital staff. But his three friends\u2014Joel Romain, 19, a former national junior sprinter, Kerwin \u201cLall\u201d Joseph, 24, and Akee Caballero, 32, were not so lucky. The following is Alves\u2019 story: <\/p>\n \u201cOn September 30, we went to lime in Maloney. The next night, we went back to Building 17 at Maloney, to get girls, nah. We were liming with them, drinking and thing, nah. \u201cAfter that, we jump in we car and go down the road. I was sitting behind the driver. We were followed by a jeep, coming out of Maloney. \u201cWe come out on the highway side. We accustom seeing a jeep, passing normal nah. After coming down, we stop by the driver brother in Tunapuna, then the same jeep pass we again, stop, slow down, and I ask, is that not the same jeep that follow we on the highway? \u201cWe say that normal, we have nothing on we in the car. We continue to go down the road, after we pass a street, the same jeep come out the street and follow we again, straight down to San Juan. ‘I played dead to stay alive\u2019 By Francis Joseph December 03, 2009 – guardian.co.tt Codi Alves is living a second life today after he miraculously escaped death when police killed his three friends in Morvant on the night of October 1. Alves, 30, said he had to \u201cplay dead to stay alive,\u201d otherwise he would … Continue reading Police executed my friends, Morvant man says<\/span> ![\"Codi](\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/codi.jpg\" "\\"Codi")
<\/a>Codi Alves is living a second life today after he miraculously escaped death when police killed his three friends in Morvant on the night of October 1.<\/p>\n
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\nSo far this year, 43 people have been killed by the police. Alves is still traumatised by the incident, saying his friends were innocently killed. He walks around in a daze. He does not trust even his own shadow, and his family is worried for him. He cannot walk the streets of Morvant where he and his friends grew up. He has decided to speak out, after spending more than a month in prison, because he could not afford bail on what he called trumped-up firearm charges. He remained in prison because his own lawyer, Wayne Sturge, refused to apply for bail as he feared for Alves\u2019 life. If an inquest is ordered into the deaths, Alves said he would willingly become a witness. He said there were other eyewitnesses to the shooting, but they were afraid, at this time, to come forward.<\/p>\n
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