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Embattlements as Part of a Larger System of Fortification
6.14.
The embattlements described above, were but a part of the entire
system of fortification of Tivoli Gardens. The system of fortification designed and
developed to impede the ingress and egress of the security forces consisted of
three (3) elements:
(a) the erection and strategic placement of barricades and/or
embattlements described above;
(b) the use of the landscape of Tivoli Gardens and its immediate
environs comprising a number of high-rise buildings; and
(c) an observation network of human and electronic
components.
6.15.
We turn now to a discussion of (b) and (c) at para.6.14.
High-Rise Buildings
6.16.
There were high-rise commercial buildings, such as Foxy’s Plaza,
PassaPassa Plaza, Mrs. Bobb’s Plaza and Justin’s Plaza, which were located on
Spanish Town Road as well as high-rise residential buildings within Tivoli
Gardens itself.
6.17.
ACP Clifford Blake produced photographs and video footage of the
Plazas on Spanish Town Road and said in evidence:
“These were key strategic points for the gunmen who fired
on us from those buildings. They shot at the police as we
advanced on the roadway below. We were able to repel the
attacks and took control of the buildings.”
6.18.
ACP Blake also explained that one of the Plazas was owned by one
Justin Ogilvie and “to the knowledge of the police, Ogilvie and Christopher Coke
were business partners”. Mrs. Bobb’s Plaza on Spanish Town Road was also