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8.38.
Soldiers sent her to Paulton Edwards’ house. She has never seen
Dwayne or Andre alive since that day. About 7.00 p.m. she returned home.
Dwayne’s room was ransacked. She stepped in a pool of blood at the entrance
to the room and ran out crying. Subsequently, she found one of Dwayne’s teeth
on a bed. She said her house was “mashed up”. There were gunshot marks on
walls, windows were damaged; her dresser and dining table were damaged as
well as the door to her bathroom. She received $15,000.00.
FINDINGS
8.39.
We make specific findings about the evidence of
Ms. McCarthy in Chapter 9 as it relates to the deaths of Dwayne and
Andre. However, there is no doubt that the security forces damaged
Ms. McCarthy’s house. We believe that the gunshot marks and the
blood upstairs in Ms. McCarthy’s house were the result of shooting by
members of the JCF. The damage to her property requires further
investigation.
(xii)
Paulton Edwards
8.40.
Mr. Edwards is a 58 year old radio and TV technician who lived at
Building #22, Seaga Boulevard on 24 May. It was to his house that soldiers
ordered Joan McCarthy to go. Mr. Edwards’ evidence is that about 3.00 p.m., he
heard shots being fired into his house and he was grazed by a bullet to his back.
He heard his door being kicked down by soldiers and he and all of the persons in
his house were ordered to go to a stairwell.
8.41.
During the evening, “a whole heap of police come. They took over
from the soldiers.” Mr. Edwards heard when the police questioned Dwayne
Edwards and Andre Smith. He saw the police go upstairs with Dwayne and
Andre and come down about ten minutes later. When they took Andre and
Dwayne upstairs, Mr. Edwards said: