11 more 'death squad' cops to face trial
Published:Monday | November 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer
Eleven more members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force are expected to stand trial for their alleged involvement in the so-called 'police death squad' in relation to murders committed between 2011 and 2014 in Clarendon.
In 2014, the Independent Commission of Investigations levelled charges against 13 cops, two of whom have already been tried.
One is Constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown, who was last week found guilty of three counts of murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of wounding with intent.
Brown was tried for the 2009 murder of Damoy 'Gutty' Dawkins and the 2012 murders of Dwayne Douglas and Andrew Fearon.
Brown was last year freed of murder and wounding with intent charges relating to the shooting death of Phaebian Dinnal and the wounding of another man on Windsor Avenue in May Pen, Clarendon, in February 2010.
His co-accused, Corporal Roan Morrison, was also acquitted.
Here is a list of the other police personnel awaiting trial:
- Murder of Andrew Bisson on September 5, 2011:
- Detective Corporal Kevin Adams
- District Constable Howard Brown
- Constable Carl Bucknor
- Murder of Sylvester Gallimore on May 5, 2011
- Detective Corporal Kevin Adams
- Constable Pete Samuels
- Constable Witney Hutchinson
- Murder of Adif Washington on January 14, 2013:
- Detective Corporal Kevin Adams
- Murder of Martin Shand on January 4, 2014:
- Sergeant Ledford Gordon
- Constable Damon Robinson
- Constable Romaine De La Haye
- Murder of Adolphus Reader on February 28, 2013
- Sergeant Mario Taylor
- Special Constable Shannon Allen.