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FINDINGS
8.56.
Taking into account that Ms. Shaw saw soldiers in her
house, and had to obtain their permission to enter, it is our finding, on
a balance of probabilities, that the damage which she alleged was
caused by members of the JDF who may also have taken her personal
property. The payment of $15,000.00 seems to have been
acknowledgment of some loss, but we are unable to quantify that loss
and recommend that her case be further investigated.
(xviii) Marjorie Hinds
8.57.
Ms. Hinds’ address on 24 May was Building #2, Flat N, Chang
Avenue. On that day, she was at home with her fiancé, Radcliffe Freeman, and
two children. When she awoke about 1.30 p.m. she did not see Freeman. She
learnt from her daughter that he had gone out of the house. She looked from
the kitchen and saw Freeman “round the corner up top Java on Levy Path” fixing
a neighbour’s door.
8.58.
She went outside and, while returning to her house after speaking
with Freeman, she heard a loud explosion as result of which she was lifted off
the ground and flung into the road. She knew nothing more. She woke up in
KPH with burns to her body and a serious disability in her right arm.
8.59.
Ms. Hinds spent three months at her sister’s house on discharge
from KPH and returned to her house. She saw the following property damaged:
wardrobe, stove, fridge, settee, TV and accessories, chest of drawers, two fans,
front door, face basin.
8.60.
Ms. Hinds ran a shop at her premises selling a variety of drinks and
dry goods. A deep freeze was damaged; three mobile phones belonging to
Freeman and $200,000.00 were missing. The MoLSS gave her $75,000.00.