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The judge in the Home Circuit Court has directed the jury considering the case of five men who were fatally shot during a joint police-military operation in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, in January 2008 to return a not guilty verdict against two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers.
An 11-member jury from the Coroners Inquest had heard depositions into the fatal shooting of Fitzroy Daley, 23, Conrad Francis, 18, Ronaldo Mitchell, 20, and Oneil Palmer, 22, all of Tivoli Gardens; and Kwesi Cunningham, 23, of Eltham Park, St Catherine.
At the end of a 41-day hearing in the Kingston Coroner's Court, the jury ruled that Mitchell was murdered and police constable Metro Tulloch (now deceased) should be charged with the murder.
Tulloch was shot and killed in 2009. The jury also returned verdicts that Inspector Linroy Edwards and Constable Neil Gordon should be charged with aiding and abetting murder.
A verdict was also handed down that two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers are to be charged with the murder of Oneil Palmer.
However, this morning the judge in the Home Circuit court directed that the two soldiers should be found not guilty.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says there was no evidence to convict the soldiers.
She also says no warrant was sent out for the two members of the constabulary force who were charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Ronaldo Mitchell and that the Coroners Jury had given no explanation for the charges.
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=23533
An 11-member jury from the Coroners Inquest had heard depositions into the fatal shooting of Fitzroy Daley, 23, Conrad Francis, 18, Ronaldo Mitchell, 20, and Oneil Palmer, 22, all of Tivoli Gardens; and Kwesi Cunningham, 23, of Eltham Park, St Catherine.
At the end of a 41-day hearing in the Kingston Coroner's Court, the jury ruled that Mitchell was murdered and police constable Metro Tulloch (now deceased) should be charged with the murder.
Tulloch was shot and killed in 2009. The jury also returned verdicts that Inspector Linroy Edwards and Constable Neil Gordon should be charged with aiding and abetting murder.
A verdict was also handed down that two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers are to be charged with the murder of Oneil Palmer.
However, this morning the judge in the Home Circuit court directed that the two soldiers should be found not guilty.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says there was no evidence to convict the soldiers.
She also says no warrant was sent out for the two members of the constabulary force who were charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Ronaldo Mitchell and that the Coroners Jury had given no explanation for the charges.
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=23533
Would they be in contempt of court?
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