...Cop ducked for cover and was last man up
June 21, 2006
LAUGHTER ERUPTED in court yesterday at the Flankers double murder case when Constable Richard Thompson testified that when he and other policemen took cover from gunmen at Flankers, St. James, he was the last one to get up.
Constable Thompson was testifying in the Home Circuit Court at the trial of Woman Constable Bibzie Foster and four policemen charged with the murder of two senior citizens at Flankers on October 25, 2003.
Following several interruptions yesterday, Justice Kay Beckford issued a stern warning to the lawyers on both sides that the trial was going to be conducted in a proper manner.
The Crown, represented by Paula Llewellyn, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, and Jeremy Taylor, Crown Counsel, is alleging that the police opened fire at a motor car in which 63-year-old taxi operator David Bacchas; 63-year-old chef Cecil Brown; and 54-year-old Audrey Stephens were travelling. The men died and Stephens was wounded.
The policemen charged are Special Constable Metro McFarlane and constables Kevin Williams, Kadian Smith and Donald Thomas.
SHOT AT BY GUNMEN...
Author: Barbara Gayle
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
