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acknowledged receipt of $15,000.00 from the MoLSS for loss of goods
in the Market.
(ix)
Trevion McFarlane
8.32.
Mr. McFarlane resided at 1 McKenzie Drive on 24 May. About
midday he was next door at Myrtle Fleming’s house. She was his grandmother.
He said that he heard an explosion which broke glass and threw him from the
back of the room. He remained at his grandmother’s house for 3 days and then
returned to 1 McKenzie Drive. The house was completely burnt. He lost
everything. He gave the office of the Public Defender a list of his losses and
received $250,000.00 from MoLSS. He said that that sum was inadequate.
FINDINGS
8.33.
To the extent that Mr. McFarlane considered the money he
received as inadequate, his case should be further investigated. He
seemed to us to be a truthful witness and we have no reason to doubt
that his property was lost in the circumstances which he described.
(x)
Jonathan McPherson
8.34.
Mr. McPherson was a bus driver of 6 Shearer Drive, Tivoli Gardens.
On 24 May he left home about 9.00 a.m. and went to his mother-in-law’s
because there was no electricity at his house and he wanted to charge his mobile
telephone. He heard explosions and decided that it was best to remain at his
mother-in-law’s house. He was there for 4 days. He saw his house damaged as
follows when he returned: upstairs ransacked; TV damaged; microwave
destroyed; tiles dug up; 5 tyres of his car slashed; window broken; computer
destroyed; gunshot holes in windows and ceiling. For some of his property
which was damaged, he estimated his loss at $98.000.00. However, he received
only $15,000.00 from MoLSS.