431 / 494
430
Lt. Col. Cummings said that he entered the tunnel himself but saw no evidence
to suggest that it had recently been used.
FINDINGS
13.36.
We accept the evidence presented by the JDF and JCF that,
on 24 August 2009, Coke hastily left his home in Belvedere and
immediately sought refuge in Tivoli Gardens. There, he had access to
the Presidential Click’s offices and two houses in Java. Between
24 August 2009 and 24 May 2010, Coke renovated the two houses and
made them comfortable. From the standpoint of security, Coke had
available to him an electronic surveillance monitoring system by which
he would have been able to observe the movements of persons in and
out of Tivoli Gardens. This system therefore afforded him a facility to
observe the movements of the security forces even before they actually
entered Tivoli Gardens.
13.37.
On the basis of the evidence of Bishop Blair, we are
satisfied that Coke was present and in charge of Tivoli Gardens on
19 and 22 May. We also accept CoP Ellington’s evidence that Rev.
Miller met with Coke before 23 May 2010 in Tivoli Gardens.
13.38.
We accept the evidence that, on the morning of 24 May,
before the internal security operation was launched, Intelligence
available to the security forces was to the effect that Coke was still in
Tivoli Gardens. The operation was therefore launched in the belief that
Coke was in Tivoli Gardens at 11.00 a.m.
13.39.
From evidence given during the Enquiry, we find that Coke
had his own system of Intelligence about the security forces.
Accordingly, we do not believe it to be fanciful that Coke, in all
probability, was aware of the intentions and movements of the security