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Coronation Market. He was unsure if he killed this person. However, by 25 May,
there were 16 dead bodies within his area of operation. He was able to give this
count from reports he received from his area (from Denham Town School to
Oxford Mall). Included in the number of 16 were 2 bodies found in Coronation
Market.
DSP Everton Tabannah
10.34.
DSP Tabannah had 54 JCF officers under his command on 24 May.
They were tasked to operate with Maj. Cheverria’s troops in sector 1. The
arrangement was that the soldiers would lead the operation, enter Tivoli
Gardens, secure it and then call in DSP Tabannah’s officers to do searches.
10.35.
Serious discrepancies in the evidence of Maj. Cheverria and
DSP Tabannah, required us to recall Maj. Cheverria on 19 February 2016 in an
effort to clarify the discrepancies.
10.36.
Below are some of the discrepancies between Maj. Cheverria and
DSP Tabannah:
(i)
Whereas Maj. Cheverria said that he left for the area of
operation at 12.25 p.m., DSP Tabannah’s evidence is that
Maj. Cheverria left about 2.15 p.m.
(ii)
Maj. Cheverria said that “immediately after securing the
sector about 3.25 p.m.”, he called DSP Tabannah on his
mobile telephone about 4.00 p.m., told him the sector was
safe and “the JCF began their searches”. He went further
and said in answer to a question from Mr. McBean:
“I called Tabannah and about 30 minutes later,
he reported to me with other members of his
team.”