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process a household would require the occupants to be
evacuated. A crime scene originates with a report. A body
itself is not a crime scene. There has to be an allegation.”
14.17.
Under cross-examination by Mr. McBean, Det. Insp. Harris testified
–
“We got no requests to go into Tivoli Gardens to process any
scenes until 4 June.”
14.18.
He said that his section was directed to locations by BSI personnel
and he took a team of investigators to Tivoli Gardens.
“Mr. Ezra Stewart told us of 15 addresses of allegations of
excessive force. I deployed persons to those addresses. I
investigated locations submitted by the Office of the Public
Defender (OPD) of allegations of excessive force.”
14.19.
To Mr. Linton Gordon, Det. Insp. Harris said –
“I do not dispute that 6 of the 15 scenes were not visited.
We visited 9 scenes. I have 9 scenes that were visited on
4 June.”
Sgts. Waugh and Pratt
14.20.
We have already reviewed the evidence of Sgt. Steve Waugh and
Sgt. Mario Pratt and made findings thereon in Chapter 10. Accordingly, we
merely stress here that the purport of their evidence was that, on 24 and
25 May, they collected 27 bodies from various locations but made no notations of
the locations. Both testified that Cons. Maxwell was detailed to make notes of
the locations of bodies. Sgt. Waugh said in cross-examination:
“No one asked me how, where or when the bodies were
discovered. I did not volunteer the information.”
14.21.
Sgt. Pratt made no reference in his written statement that Maxwell
had died or had asked persons, mostly women, about the identities of deceased
persons. Under cross-examination, however, he gave evidence of those
omissions from his witness statement.