Lawyer Fayne Thompson is calling for the Attorney General and Commissioner of Police to continue thorough investigations into the deaths of Jermaine Mackey and Craig Wring. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson represented the relatives of Craig Wring at an inquest into his death. <\/P><\/p>\n
Ms Joyanne Ferguson of the Attorney General’s officer marshaled the evidence, while Mr. Sidney Collie represented Sergeant 112 Sawyer and Mr. Kenneth Toppin represented the Royal Bahamas Police Force. <\/P><\/p>\n
Wring was shot to death On May 25, 2001 nearly two years ago, by police on East Street after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. <\/P><\/p>\n
In early testimony, the court heard that on the night in question, police officers saw a woman whose life they thought to be in danger as she was being chased by Wring, who appeared to have a knife in his hand. <\/P><\/p>\n
Other witnesses testified that it was not a knife but a spatula. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson called a press conference in his law office Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to the need for justice. <\/P><\/p>\n
During the inquest Mr. Thompson contended that police used unnecessary and excessive force. <\/P><\/p>\n
His statements came a week after a Coroner’s jury ruled that Sgt. 112 Sawyer was justified in his use of excessive force. <\/P><\/p>\n
He emphatically stressed that in the case of wrongful death and abuse the police should not investigate themselves. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson said he would also like to see an effective investigation carried out by an independent body. <\/P><\/p>\n
He said it was not a case of “spoilt milk or sour grapes” but an “expression of serious concerns regarding the delivery of justice.” <\/P><\/p>\n
He said he spoke on behalf of the Wring family, indicating that it is absolutely important that in future “any concerns expressed be taken seriously.” <\/P><\/p>\n
“We are concerned about the fact that a senior police officer came into court and admitted” that there were no investigations, said Mr. Thompson. <\/P><\/p>\n
Based on witness testimony there appeared to have been a massive police cover up, he said. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson said that an inordinate delay of nine months in the case and the absence of a juror who left for school resulted in a miscarriage of justice. <\/P><\/p>\n
He said that his client, Wring’s mother Ms Esther Minns, paid a substantial amount for the jurors’ return and boarding in a hotel to attend the final days of Wring’s inquest. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson, speaking on the Jermaine Mackey matter, said that a witness told him that while being interviewed by police their words were changed. <\/P><\/p>\n
“If he were to say I thought he had a gun in his hand, we are informed that an attempt was made to change that to he had a gun in his hand,” said Mr. Thompson. <\/P><\/p>\n
He said Jermaine Mackey’s family is concerned that no police officer be involved in the investigation of this matter. <\/P><\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson said he has no knowledge of any thorough investigation because no information has come to his attention as the lawyer for the Mackey family. <\/P><\/p>\n
He said he awaits an answer from the Attorney General and Commissioner of Police on the matters. <\/P>
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