Commissioner of INDECOM, Terrence Williams, suggested that the initial investigation was marred by delays in the collection of ballistics and forensic evidence and said this “was not assisted by obstruction and resistance [by the security forces] to getting at the truth”.
A commission of enquiry chaired by respected Barbadian jurist Sir David Simmons found that there was strong evidence to suggest that members of the security forces engaged in extrajudicial killings.
In dramatic testimony before the Simmons commission, Williams recounted how Fernando and his brother, Fabian Grant, were marched from their home on Dee Cee Avenue by a soldier who instructed a group of policemen standing outside to “sort them out”.
The enquiry also heard testimony from three JDF soldiers about witnessing members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force killing unarmed men in a section of Tivoli Gardens known as ‘Java’.
INDECOM has obtained a warrant to search JDF headquarters at Up Park Camp in St Andrew for mortars and information related to their use during the operation.
