‘Chucky’ Brown Trial | Both victims were shot in the head, pathologist reveals
Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The forensic pathologist who carried out autopsies on Dwayne Douglas and Andrew Fearon said yesterday that the men sustained gunshot wounds to the head, as he testified in the trial for murder-accused police Constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown at the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.
The men were fatally shot along the Swansea main road in Clarendon on December 13, 2012.
The pathologist, who testified that he carried out autopsies on the men on December 24, 2012, told the court that Fearon sustained five gunshot wounds.
Based on his analysis, a gunshot wound to the head delivered the fatal blow. Other gunshot wounds were sustained to the right hip and to both arms. A fragmented bullet, which was retrieved from Fearon's right shoulder blade, was given to crime-scene examiner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Kathrina Graham, who testified last week.
According to the witness, Douglas sustained three gunshot wounds: one shot penetrated the corner of the left eye and exited through the back right of the head, which the doctor said rendered him incapacitated. He also sustained one gunshot wound in each shoulder.
The defence had no questions for the witness.
Brown, who has been in custody since 2014, is indicted on charges stemming from the 2009 murder of Robert 'Gutty' Dawkins and the 2012 murders of Dwayne Douglas and Andrew Fearon. He is facing three counts of murder, a count of wounding with intent, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.