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Case Against Buckfield Cops Could Fall Apart</span></span>
Members of the St. Ann Police caught on tape beating Ian Lloyd before one of them shot him.
An attorney-at-law says the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) may be forced to drop the case against the seven policemen implicated in the controversial shooting death of Ian Lloyd in Buckfield, St. Ann, if the "maker" of the video does not come forward.
According to Ian Wilkinson, the authenticity of the machine that made the video recording has to be tested before a court, before the actual videotape can be shown to a jury.
Mr. Wilkinson says the absence of a statement from the "maker" of the video or the phone itself creates a gap in the prosecutions case.
“If the maker of the video does not appear and that phone does not appear, there’s going to be what lawyers call a lacuna or a major gap in the evidence,” he said.
Other evidence
However, according to Mr. Wilkinson, there may be a solution.
“One of the better ways that his gap can be remedied is if persons who were on spot and saw the incident, including fellow policemen, give evidence against the alleged perpetrators. If no one comes forward, no tape record is presented then you have the possibility that the DPP has to just drop this matter,” Mr. Wilkinson said on RJR’s weekly news review programme That's a Rap! Sunday afternoon.
The file on the shooting which was submitted to the DPP last week, does not include a statement from the "maker" of the video who captured the incident as investigators are unable to locate him.
The country will know on Tuesday whether charges will be laid against the policemen.
Video "maker" could become a victim – Mc-Calla Sobers
In the meantime, one human rights lobbyist does not expect much to come from investigations into the Buckfield incident.
Yvonne McCalla Sobers, Convenor of local human rights group Families Against State Terrorism, says the "maker" of the videotape may not come forward out of fear of prosecution.
She pointed to examples of similar cases in the United States where the police version of events held fast in court
“The way in which the police phrased their need to speak with this man had the work pursued. He could become a victim himself based on what has been occurring.
“There’s a case in the US now, a man called Grayber, who made a video tape and now himself faces years in prison, not for the offence which caused the police to stop him, but for the video taping,” Mrs. McCalla Sobers said.
She was also speaking on That's a Rap!.
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Case Against Buckfield Cops Could Fall Apart</span></span>
Members of the St. Ann Police caught on tape beating Ian Lloyd before one of them shot him.
An attorney-at-law says the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) may be forced to drop the case against the seven policemen implicated in the controversial shooting death of Ian Lloyd in Buckfield, St. Ann, if the "maker" of the video does not come forward.
According to Ian Wilkinson, the authenticity of the machine that made the video recording has to be tested before a court, before the actual videotape can be shown to a jury.
Mr. Wilkinson says the absence of a statement from the "maker" of the video or the phone itself creates a gap in the prosecutions case.
“If the maker of the video does not appear and that phone does not appear, there’s going to be what lawyers call a lacuna or a major gap in the evidence,” he said.
Other evidence
However, according to Mr. Wilkinson, there may be a solution.
“One of the better ways that his gap can be remedied is if persons who were on spot and saw the incident, including fellow policemen, give evidence against the alleged perpetrators. If no one comes forward, no tape record is presented then you have the possibility that the DPP has to just drop this matter,” Mr. Wilkinson said on RJR’s weekly news review programme That's a Rap! Sunday afternoon.
The file on the shooting which was submitted to the DPP last week, does not include a statement from the "maker" of the video who captured the incident as investigators are unable to locate him.
The country will know on Tuesday whether charges will be laid against the policemen.
Video "maker" could become a victim – Mc-Calla Sobers
In the meantime, one human rights lobbyist does not expect much to come from investigations into the Buckfield incident.
Yvonne McCalla Sobers, Convenor of local human rights group Families Against State Terrorism, says the "maker" of the videotape may not come forward out of fear of prosecution.
She pointed to examples of similar cases in the United States where the police version of events held fast in court
“The way in which the police phrased their need to speak with this man had the work pursued. He could become a victim himself based on what has been occurring.
“There’s a case in the US now, a man called Grayber, who made a video tape and now himself faces years in prison, not for the offence which caused the police to stop him, but for the video taping,” Mrs. McCalla Sobers said.
She was also speaking on That's a Rap!.
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