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Millicent Forbes, mother of slain teenager Janice Allen has written to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn expressing disappointment at her recent decision not to re-indict a policeman implicated in her daughter's death.
According to Miss Forbes, the DPP did not thoroughly investigate the allegations that the policeman's acquittal was procured by a fraud against the court.
She asserted that there were certain questions about the case, which do not seem to have been addressed by the DPP.
The bereaved mother said in the spirit of transparency she wanted to know which witness statements were reviewed and who were the Resident Magistrate and other court officers involved in the original case interviewed.
She also sought to find out whose responsibility was it to secure an extract of the firearms register and hold an identification parade.
Miss Forbes also asks if attempts at bribing her to "finish with the case" and the harassment and intimidation of her family by members of the police force, not represent an attempt to interfere with the due administration of justice.
Miss Forbes asked that answers to her questions be posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
Her teenage daughter was killed by a policeman's bullet on April 14, 2000 in what was said to be a botched police operation.
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According to Miss Forbes, the DPP did not thoroughly investigate the allegations that the policeman's acquittal was procured by a fraud against the court.
She asserted that there were certain questions about the case, which do not seem to have been addressed by the DPP.
The bereaved mother said in the spirit of transparency she wanted to know which witness statements were reviewed and who were the Resident Magistrate and other court officers involved in the original case interviewed.
She also sought to find out whose responsibility was it to secure an extract of the firearms register and hold an identification parade.
Miss Forbes also asks if attempts at bribing her to "finish with the case" and the harassment and intimidation of her family by members of the police force, not represent an attempt to interfere with the due administration of justice.
Miss Forbes asked that answers to her questions be posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
Her teenage daughter was killed by a policeman's bullet on April 14, 2000 in what was said to be a botched police operation.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/17887/26/
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