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PC Nigel White was shot to the chest at the Belama Substation in March 2011. But the 3 men accused of carrying out this brazen attack on a police officer, are free of charges  tonight. Karim Morris, Linsford Acosta and Justo Lopez were acquitted of attempted murder and dangerous harm in the Magistrates Court today. The case fell apart when Justice Adolph Lucas ruled that Morris' and Acosta's confession statements were not admissible because they were made under duress. Also since White did not clearly see his attackers, the results of the dock identification could not be used or submitted. Without the identification evidence, the Crown's case collapsed and with no more evidence to offer, Justice Lucas found the defendants not guilty. 

White had testified that while he was alone at the sub-station in March 3011, he heard a noise that sounded like the cocking of a gun. That is when 3 men walked into the station. One of the men shot White while another took his firearm from the waist of his pants.