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which had been secured at 3.25 p.m. We find it passing strange that
Maj. Kennedy walked through sector 2 and saw no dead bodies yet DSP
Tabannah claimed to have seen two bodies.
10.60.
DSP Tabannah’s evidence did not inspire confidence in us
when juxtaposed with the records of KPH. He never told us that he
delivered 12 bodies to KPH on 25 May, yet the records of the hospital
show that he did go there with 12 bodies on that day. Further, both
DSP Tabannah and Sgt. Waugh are contradicted by the records of KPH
to the extent that they both testified of two bodies being taken to the
hospital in the evening of 24 May and being pronounced dead by
doctors. There is no record at the hospital supporting that evidence. In
fact, we doubt that two bodies were in fact taken to KPH on 24 May.
We disbelieve DSP Tabannah that the JDF was not in control of sector 1
because of heavy gunfire. Maj. Cheverria’s testimony is that the sector
was safe and there was no hostile gunfire. We also disbelieve DSP
Tabannah’s evidence that he was “pinned down for 2 hours” near the
train line/intersection of Industrial Terrace and Marcus Garvey Drive.
That evidence is in conflict with the evidence of Sgt. Pratt who said the
team was “pinned down” for 4 minutes and that of Sgt. Waugh who put
the length of time as 10 to 15 minutes. Finally, whereas the evidence
of Sgts. Pratt and Waugh is that they collected 25 bodies, DSP
Tabannah’s evidence under cross-examination by Mr. Panton, is that
they collected 27 bodies. Quite simply, there are too many important
and unexplained discrepancies in DSP Tabannah’s evidence to render it
credible.
DSP Turner
10.61.
We also find that material discrepancies between the
evidence of DSP Turner and that of Maj. Kennedy render Supt. Turner’s