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Court hears more testimony in case of alleged 'death squad' cops

There was more testimony on Tuesday at the trial of two policemen accused of  being members of a Clarendon-based death squad.
  
Constable Collis Brown and Constable Roan Morrison are on trial for murder and wounding with intent.
  
The court heard testimony from the policeman who conducted the identification parade.
  
The constables were charged by INDECOM following an incident in May Pen, Clarendon, on February 13, 2010 in which Phaebian Dinnal was shot dead and another man injured.
  
The main witness earlier testified at the trial that the cops tried to execute him. However, defence attorneys, Vincent Wellesley and Norman Godfrey, have attacked his credibility.
  
They highlighted to the jury that the witness was on the radar of the Clarendon police and had been arrested on several occasions for serious crimes.
  
The trial continues on Thursday.

Meanwhile, INDECOM prosecutors are expected to tender into evidence on Thursday a statement from Constable Brown making allegations about the operational activity in the Clarendon Police Division dating back to 2009.
   
Following his arrest in January 2014, Constable Brown gave several statements to INDECOM, which later led to the arrest and charge of more than a dozen members of the so-called death squad.
   
INDECOM has charged him with four counts of murder, including a 2012 double killing in May Pen.
   
He has been in protective custody since 2014.



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