269 / 494
268
9.166.
While at the lady’s house, Mrs. Bryce-Wilson noticed another injury
on her left foot near the instep. It was bleeding. A soldier came and used Q-tips
and Peroxide to clean the wound on her left breast. Mrs. Bryce-Wilson remained
in Tivoli Gardens until 26 May when she saw a doctor at UHWI, was treated and
discharged. Subsequently, she had a mammogram which revealed a metal
object in her breast.
9.167.
Mrs. Bryce-Wilson testified that a soldier (one Baby Shrek) shot
her. She says she has seen him several times in Tivoli. She said that, at first, he
denied shooting her but, when confronted by her son, the soldier is alleged to
have said “I am sorry. I am glad you’re not dead.” Mrs. Bryce-Wilson said she
saw this soldier “a few weeks after 24 May and I spoke to him”. She was cross-
examined by Counsel for the JDF as to why she never mentioned “Baby Shrek”
before in her statements and she said that none of the interviewers asked her if
she knew who shot her. She volunteered that she and “Baby Shrek” have a
good relationship.
FINDINGS
9.168.
We do not doubt that Mrs. Bryce-Wilson was injured on
24 May 2010 but we are not prepared to find that she was shot by a
soldier. She did not see the person who shot her. Even if it is true that
she saw soldiers with long guns, that evidence does not necessarily
lead to a conclusion that she was shot by one of them. There are other
inferences which can be drawn from the primary facts that soldiers
were in the area with long guns and we are obliged to resolve
equivocal inferences in favour of the JDF.
9.169.
In addition, her evidence concerning “Baby Shrek” is
unconvincing. Nevertheless, we recommend that her case be further
investigated.