A former assistant track and field coach took to the stand inside the Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan, United States, yesterday, and provided more damaging evidence against former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Coke.

Anthony Brown, a former assistant coach of a high school in St Catherine, told the court that he solicited visas to arm Coke's drug mules with the requisite tool to enter the United States.

He testified at the final day of the evidentiary hearing for Coke.

Brown, who is now jailed in Brooklyn, New York, admitted that he got visas for Coke personnel to smuggle drugs into the US. He told the court that the first group of six drug mules included an 11-year-old girl who was in tears and reported that she didn't want to make the trip.

The girl reportedly said she was drafted into being a courier as her brother had messed with Coke's money in the US, and that her father had already received a beating from the Tivoli Gardens don.

Brown further said, "I was supposed to get visas for Dudus but once it didn't work out, I knew my life was in jeopardy."

The prosecutors through Brown were able to explain to the court that he was responsible for attaining visas for athletes performing at notable international track meets such as Penn Relays and Miami Classics.

Brown said that in 2000 when he failed on one of his attempts to secure visas for Coke he fled Jamaica in fear of his life.

These allegations follow more than three hours of testimony the day before when a prosecution informant known as Jermaine 'Cowboy' Cohen, took to the stand and reportedly told the court that he witnessed Coke killing four people at a 'jail' in Tivoli Gardens.

A June 8 sentencing date was set for Coke, who is facing 23 years behind bars in the United States on racketeering and conspiracy charges.