‘Chucky’ Brown Trial | Witness testifies to being shot during gun attack
Published:Thursday | October 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM
A policeman-turned-farmer told the court yesterday that he was shot during the gun attack along the Palmer's Cross main road in Clarendon on January 10, 2009, in which Robert 'Gutty' Dawkins was killed as he testified in the trial for police constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown.
Brown is charged with three counts of murder, one count of wounding with intent, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder, stemming from the fatal shooting of Dawkins in 2009 and Dwayne Douglas and Andrew Fearon on December 13, 2012.
Douglas and Fearon were killed along the Swansea main road in the parish.
SHOT IN LEG
The witness testified that he was in the vicinity of the roadway when several gunshots were fired. He told the court that he initially heard three shots, and then about a minute later, he heard five more.
He further testified that after the shooting subsided, he noticed that he had been shot in one of his legs. The witness said that he ran from the scene but later returned to find a crowd of about 200 people gathered around the body of a man who he said was bleeding from the nostrils.
He told the court that he then went to the May Pen Police Station, where he filed a report and was subsequently taken to the May Pen Hospital for treatment.
The court admitted into evidence a statement from the Southern Regional Health Authority, which reportedly indicates that the witness was in fact treated at hospital.
A statement by a family member of Dawkins was also admitted into evidence yesterday.