Overview
- A recorded police interview with Danny Cahalane from his hospital bed was played to the jury in the ongoing Plymouth trial.
- Ten defendants face charges that include murder, manslaughter, attempted kidnapping, and participation in a drug-trafficking gang.
- Cahalane was doused with sulfuric acid on February 21, 2025, survived about ten weeks, and died on May 3 from cardiac arrest caused by his injuries.
- In the interview, Cahalane described a role in a drug supply chain, gambling away profits, and threats from an alleged boss nicknamed Frost, identified in court as Ryan Kennedy.
- Prosecutors allege Israel Augustus, 26, and Kelvin Asante, 23, carried out the attack, and say Cahalane believed his ex-wife, Paris Wilson, helped locate him; Wilson is among those charged.