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statement on 4 June 2014 but said, “Prior to signing it, I did not read it
because Mr. Gause was rushing me for the statement”. He said further,
that he read the statement when the Enquiry started but he did not see
the errors before the day of his testimony. We think that it is the
epitome of carelessness that a police officer should submit a written
statement to his superiors without first reading it and verifying the
accuracy of its contents.
Final Death Toll - Area of Operation
14.152.
In his Interim Report to Parliament, Mr Witter listed
76 Known Related Deceased Persons who were said to have died in the
operation. We have already appended that list at Appendix 14 of this
Report. DSP Gladys Brown-Ellis testified in the Enquiry that she
excluded from her count of “Ground Zero bodies”, several names
because of information she received that indicated that these persons
did not die as a result of the operation. The names of the persons she
excluded are:
i.
Sandrae Harrison
ii.
Errol Mitchell
iii.
Leroy Walker
iv.
Kelsey Nelson
v.
Carlene McKenzie
vi.
Mark Smith
14.153.
The records of KPH and Madden’s generally support the
reasoning of DSP Brown-Ellis that these persons did not die as a result
of the operation. The records indicate that the bodies were recovered
from outside the area of operation and, in the case of Carlene
McKenzie, the post mortem report confirmed that she died from a
cause not related to injuries she received in the operation.