300 / 494
299
bodies were collected on 25 May. Therefore Sgts. Waugh
and Pratt collected a total of 27 bodies.
Commission’s Comments and Findings
10.75.
In the course of his evidence to the Enquiry, ACP Granville
Gause said that whenever a vehicle enters KPH and University Hospital
with injured or deceased persons, a record is made “of the number of
the vehicle, sometimes the person who drives the vehicle. There are
records at KPH as to who would have been bringing in bodies.” It is
our view, as the tribunal determining the facts, that where
documentary evidence conflicts with oral evidence on the same point,
it is preferable to rely on the evidence in the document.
10.76.
It is remarkable that the records of KPH do not show that
Sgt. Waugh brought 2 dead bodies to KPH on 24 May. The records
show two different instances where one body was brought to KPH on
24 May. At 4.08 a.m. one body was brought to the hospital and at
3.40 p.m. another was brought. At these times Sgt. Waugh had not
even started to collect any bodies. The records for succeeding days
contain evidence of the number of bodies and the person or persons
bringing the bodies to that hospital. We do not accept that, KPH,
well-knowing what was happening in West Kingston on 24 May,
omitted to record crucial evidence of dead bodies brought to the
hospital and by whom.
10.77.
But that is not the end of the matter. Twice during his
evidence on 4 June 2015, SSP Donovan Graham said that, on the
evening of 24 May, DSP Tabannah reported to Supt. Budhoo that there
were 3 bodies “and he was instructed to have them removed”. Then
SSP Graham said this: