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“the venues of apparent crime scenes”. He said “I may well have indicated to
Mr. Gause that there were allegations of extra-judicial killings”.
14.12.
He also said –
“I would have expected crime scenes to have been
established by the JCF with alacrity. Not to have done so,
may have been a dereliction of duty.”
14.13.
No police officer who testified at the Enquiry gave any evidence
that crime scenes were established “with alacrity”. SSP Winchroy Budhoo said –
“Where bodies were located and notes made would have
been an indication of a possible crime scene. In a normal
operation, you would secure the scene and call the Scenes
of Crime officers to come and do their processing. This was
not a normal operation.”
Det. Insp. Devon Harris
14.14.
Det. Insp. Devon Harris was attached to Area 4 Scenes of Crime
Section in May 2010. His two witness statements are distinctly devoid of any
useful evidence as to why actual or potential crime scenes were not processed
speedily.
14.15.
Only during his oral evidence was Det. Insp. Harris more
forthcoming. Thus, he said –
“I was aware by 25 May of persons killed in Tivoli Gardens
either by the security forces or gunmen. In the normal
course of things, there would have been processing of
scenes. We were not required to process scenes but it is
important to do processing as soon as possible.”
14.16.
He further said –
“Up to 26 May, I was not told of any locations to be treated
as crime scenes. The BSI personnel did not know the
specific addresses of bodies. They did not know where they
were collected from…During the week of 24 May, it would
not have been safe to do scenes of crime processing. To