By BARBARA GAYLE, Staff Reporter
A POLICEMAN TESTIFIED yesterday that the M16 cartridges allegedly found at the house in Braeton where seven young men were killed in a controversial shooting could be used in any of the four guns allegedly found in the house.
Detective Corporal Karl Winston McFarlane said there would have to be adjustments to the firearms before the M16 shots could be used.
He identifed the four firearms which were recovered from the house at the trial of the seven policemen charged with the murder of the seven young mem. They were shot and killed on March 14, 2001.
Detective Cpl. McFarlane said he found 29 cartridges in a bed head in the house and they included M16, shotgun and .38 revolver cartridges.
After Detective Cpl. McFarlane identified the firearms and ammunition Defence lawyer Patrick Atkinson applied for them to be tendered in evidence.
The Crown is alleging at the trial which began on Monday in the Home Circuit Court that the police were not acting in lawful self-defence when the men were shot dead.
Two police witnesses who testified for the Crown said that when they went to the premises on the early morning of March 14, 2001, it was men from inside the house who first fired at them.
Deputy Superintendent Cornwall Ford testified yesterday that he received information and went to the house at 1088 Fifth Seal Way, Braeton On March 14, 2001. He arrived there at 6.45 a.m. and he did not hear anyone calling for help or saying they were going to be murdered.
Dr. Ere Sheshia is expected to testify today before Mr. Justice Donald McIntosh and the jury.
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