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Re: Paras.9.80 and 10.113 (formerly 10.71) - Summary of Reponses
9.82.
(i)
Romaine Walker is not a witness of truth since his evidence
of seeing objects falling from the sky is in conflict with
expert evidence.
(ii)
IEDs were planted throughout Tivoli Gardens by persons
resisting the security forces and these IEDs may have
exploded and injured persons.
(iii)
All civilian witnesses, except one, denied seeing gunmen,
IEDs or persons erecting barricades.
(iv)
Walker denied knowledge of Coke and persons attacking the
security forces.
(v)
Residents of Tivoli Gardens are under a code of silence and
there is “a grand conspiracy to cast blame for injuries,
damage or deaths on the security forces”. This is clear from
the evidence of Minnette Lindsay.
(vi)
Careful attention should be paid to the post mortem reports
on Sidney Clarke, Bojan Rochester and Carl Henry as well as
the oral evidence in respect of Marjorie Hinds.
(vii)
Capt. Crooks is not an expert on mortars. His reference to
“incendiary devices” was an error which he speedily
corrected.
(viii)
“White smoke” cannot be linked to mortar fire.
(ix)
The Commission should not conclude that all injuries
sustained by shrapnel were the result of mortar fire.