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9.76.
To Mr. Linton Gordon, Mr. Walker testified that Mr. Schwartz was in
Jamaica on 24 May and, “after the incursion, he told me that the U.S.
Government was involved and he wanted to investigate what happened”. He
and Schwartz kept in regular contact. Mr. Walker agreed with Counsel that, at
the time of the explosion, gunfire was coming from all directions. But he said
that the explosion “came from the sky”.
9.77.
Mr. Walker’s house was about 200 yards from the playing field. He
was not aware of a mortar falling in the playing field and he never saw a hole or
crater there or in Williams’ yard.
9.78.
Carl Henry died from metal particles which penetrated his kidney.
Cause of death was a “perforated wound (shrapnel wound) to the abdomen”.
There were 13 lacerated wounds to his body, including one to his head and
9 metal fragments were found.
9.79.
There was also evidence concerning
Bojan Rochester
which was
given
in camera
. The witness testified that, during the morning of 24 May, she
spoke to
Bojan
at his grandmother’s house on Derek Path and asked him to
come for porridge. He said he would soon come but he never came. She heard
that “the mortar catch him”. She said she was at home on the fourth floor of
Building #24, Seaga Boulevard, when she heard the sound of mortars and saw
“white smoke”. Rochester’s body was found to have multiple lacerations but the
cause of death is stated as multiple gunshot wounds.
FINDINGS
9.80.
In our opinion, Romaine Walker was a credible witness. We
find that Carl Henry probablydied as a result of injuries received from
an exploding mortar round. Bojan Rochester seems to have been the
probable victim of mortar fire and gunfire. There are at least five
reasons why we have come to these conclusions.
(i)
The 3 persons