Coke, who was represented by two of Jamaica's top criminal lawyers when he appeared in court in the country, is still being assisted by a state-appointed attorney in the US as he goes over scores of damning statements to be used against him during the trial.

The reputed strongman is being held in a maximum-security prison in New York. On Tuesday, checks with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York showed no filing from a lawyer to represent the former west Kingston enforcer.

This means that Coke, who the US accuses of handling billions of dollars through a drug-trafficking and gunrunning ring, might return to court with the state-appointed attorney Russell Neufeld.

Source: Jamaica Gleaner