Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
GOVERNMENT BALLISTICS expert Daniel Wray testified yesterday that when he visited the crime scene at Kraal, Clarendon, he saw 12 bullet holes in the front door.
He said he formed the opinion that 10 shots were fired from outside, while the other two were fired from inside out.
He was giving evidence in the Home Circuit Court at the trial of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams and the other five policemen charged with the murder of four civilians at Kraal on May 7, 2003.
MEDIA WARNED
Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday warned the media that they would be excluded from the trial if there were any further inaccurate reports in relation to the trial.
Wray, a retired assistant commissioner of police, said he visited the scene and made notes and observations. He described numerous bullet holes he saw at the house.
He said 10 of the holes were made from 5.56mm size bullets and the holes were in the direction of outside towards inside and went through what could have been a closed door.
He said he saw two holes of 7.62 mm size and those were made from inside the house towards the outside. He said he formed the opinion that those two holes could have been made by bullets fired from a 7.62 firearm the same calibre as the .308.
The 10 bullet holes in the door could have been made by a 5.56mm colt M-16 rifle, Wray said. He told the court that a .308 Winchester rifle was equivalent to a 7.62mm NATO rifle.
He said he examined a breadfruit tree in the yard and noticed that there was a 'track' across the trunk which was consistent with a bullet 'tracing'.
When asked the size of the bullet track, he said it was larger than the M-16, so it could be of the 7.62 calibre.
He said further that his opinion in relation to the track was that the height of the track (on the breadfruit tree) was consistent with the two holes through the front door of the room.
FIRED RECENTLY
On being shown a Winchester Rifle which policemen from the scene of crime unit found inside the house, Wray said he conducted tests on the Winchester rifle and the tests indicated that it was fired recently and could have been fired on May 7, 2003.
Detective Sgt. Calbert Davis said he went to Kraal about 9:20 p.m. on May 7, 2003.
He said Adams told him that he received information that gunmen were at a particular premises waiting to kill white men who were working at the gold mine.
Adams said when he and his team proceeded to the premises they shouted 'police' and were greeted with gunshots from the house. Adams said they returned the fire and about six men were seen running to the rear of the premises.
