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25 May
10.56.
The records for 25 May reveal that, at 8.44 a.m., 26 males were
brought by Insp. K. Brown and Sgt. M. Pratt, said to have been from Tivoli
Gardens. They were brought in two trucks. At 11.00 a.m. one body, a male
from Tivoli Gardens, was brought by the police. At 2.35 p.m., a police truck
escorted by officers from Mobile Reserve – DSP Tabannah – brought 12 bodies.
At 3.20 p.m. one body was brought in from Orange Street. At 4.40 p.m. Sgt.
Smith of Mobile Reserve bought a male from Tivoli Gardens with multiple
gunshot wounds. At 7.30 p.m. there is a record of 11 male bodies picked up in
the Coronation Market and Oxford Street areas.
26 May
10.57.
On 26 May, there is a record of 6 bodies brought to KPH between
11.20 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Four of these, we were told, were outside the area of
operation.
FINDINGS
10.58.
We have given our reasons in Chapter 9 for concluding that
a number of persons were probably killed by members of the security
forces. However, we wish to state in this Chapter, that we were not
persuaded or impressed by the evidence of DSP Tabannah, DSP Turner
or Sgt. Waugh and Sgt. Pratt.
DSP Tabannah
10.59.
In the case of DSP Tabannah, we prefer the timelines given
by Maj. Cheverria who testified that his watch was synchronised in
accordance with standard military procedure prior to embarking on the
operation. We believe that DSP Tabannah did report to Maj. Cheverria
when the latter called him about 4.00 p.m. to come into the sector