447 / 494
446
“Mr. Stewart, Mr. Hinds, Wellington, they are to go get
Scenes of Crime personnel, whether it is from MIT or CIB
and deal with that... It was delegated work and, to the best
of my knowledge, it was carried out.”
14.39.
ACP Gause confessed that he could not assist the Commission with
information as to where persons died and bodies were found. “I could not assist
the Commission with that at all.” He said KPH should have information about
who brought in bodies.
He explained the procedure thus:
"KPH and UHWI, whenever a vehicle enters with injured
persons or deceased, they have their own record, 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."
14.40.
The Chairman put questions to ACP Gause:”Would not BSI be
required to find out where a body came from, who found it, and when it was
found? Was there a gun near the body when it was found, did anyone make a
written note of all that information?”
14.41.
He replied: “Mr. Chairman, those are basic preliminary
investigations…basic, basic.” ACP Gause testified that “BSI was not allowed to
conclude that investigation…We did not reach that stage before the investigation
was handed over elsewhere ... to INDECOM in early 2011”. It was later agreed
that handover to INDECOM was in June 2012.
14.42.
However, ACP Gause said that between May and October 2010,
(when Cons. Maxwell died), BSI had no documentary evidence showing “where
bodies were found, what date they were found, what date they were removed or
whether anything illegal was found near the bodies. It was the responsibility of
Maxwell’s commanding officer to insist that Maxwell’s notes be made available to
BSI as soon as possible after 24 May”. He said –
“I would expect that the commanding officer, more so the
SOi/c (sub-officer in charge), say well then you have to hand
over all these notes that you would have made to BSI.”