A witness who was labelled hostile by a judge told the court that Police forced him to say things in his statement.

While testifying in the trial of four men accused in the violent outbreak at Wellington Oval, Antoine Anderson admitted giving Police two of the defendants names as his attackers but said that the men in the courtroom were not them.

Frustrated by the line of questioning regarding his Police statement, Mr. Anderson said: "I don't know how to answer this because I have been forced to say this."

He said to the court: "The gentleman she (Director of Public Prosecutions-designate Vinette Graham-Allen) is talking about is not Ki-Jah Butterfield ? I gave the wrong name."

While Ms Graham-Allen read to Mr. Anderson segments of his statement to Police and asked him if he said them, he admitted to most of it but said the Police made him say it and that they added names of people to it.

In his statement to Police Mr. Anderson described a group of "country" guys coming after him and two of his friends.

"Yes, I told Police I knew two of their names. I only told them that after I found out the names from the public," he said.

In his statement, he said Jamie Ford and Ki-Jah Butterfield came after him and his friends swinging machetes and knives. But in court yesterday he said: "But that ain't the gentlemen here now."

Ms Graham-Allen asked Mr. Anderson if it was true that he said he saw a small black gun in the hand of one of the "country" guys, who was brown skinned, about six feet tall, and wearing a white t-shirt.

He replied: "All of that is bulls**t."

Mr. Anderson then denied saying that he heard people at the game scream 'he's got a gun'.

"I didn't say any of this ? it is what they (Police) want me to say to paint a pretty picture," said Mr. Anderson.

He also denied telling Police that he was prepared to give evidence and tell the court what he told Police.

Mr. Anderson told the court that his statement was not read over to him nor did he read it himself. He just admitted to signing where the 'x' was.

Mr. Francis denied the Crown's prior application to have another witness give testimony from behind a screen but granted that the person's name not be used in the media or in the courtroom.

A witness, who cannot be named, gave testimony yesterday saying that she saw Ki-Jah Butterfield walking from Wellington Oval field with a machete in his hand.

Wolde Trott, 21, of Paget, and Kavon Earlstone Smith, 25, of Southampton, are both charged with possession of an offensive weapon and going armed to a public place in a manner to cause terror.

Trott and Smith originally pleaded guilty to the charges but have since changed their plea to not guilty. They are represented by Leo Mills.

Ford, 23, of Warwick, is charged with possession of an offensive weapon, going to a public place in a manner to cause terror, and assaulting Mr. Anderson. He is represented by Mark Pettingill and denies the charges.

Butterfield, 21, of Paget, is charged with possession of an offensive weapon and going to a public place in a manner to cause terror but denies the charges. He is represented by Elizabeth Christopher.

Mr. Francis adjourned day eight of the trial until June 10 when the witness who cannot be named will continue her testimony.