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10.45.
DSP Tabannah testified that, about 25 minutes later, Sgt. Waugh
called him to say that he had taken the bodies to KPH, they were pronounced
dead by doctors and he was on his way to Madden’s Funeral Home (Madden’s)
with them but he met gunfire on North Street from the direction of Hannah Town
and was obliged to divert from going to Madden’s. DSP Tabannah told him to
return to the High School with the bodies. He did so and the bodies remained in
the truck during the night of 24 May.
Sgt. Steve Waugh
24 May
10.46.
This witness said that he was called by Supt. Budhoo and
instructed to go into the community of Tivoli Gardens “to retrieve some bodies”.
He told DSP Tabannah who advised him to “wait until it was safe”. He
eventually received a call from DSP Tabannah about 6.30 p.m. about the bodies
near the clinic. Cons. Maxwell was in the truck with him. They took the two
bodies to KPH on 24 May and “doctors pronounced them dead”. Maxwell made a
record.
10.47.
Sgt. Waugh continued his evidence-in-chief:
“We were to take them to Madden’s Funeral Home. At
North Street, I heard gunshots from Hannah Town side. I
told Maxwell to call DSP Tabannah and he said to come back
to base. I went to Tivoli High School.”
25 May
10.48.
With respect to his activities on 25 May, Sgt. Waugh’s evidence is
that, about 5.30 a.m., he was told to take the bodies to Madden’s accompanied
by an armoured vehicle. He took the bodies to Madden’s and returned to the
High School.