The Tribune

AS the Constable Jimmy Ambrose murder retrial continued yesterday, legal discussions followed the evidence of a policeman who claimed to recognise a sealed container handed to him by a pathologist.

Officer Hugh Gray was recalled following the video-conferencing testimony of Dr Padrip Kumar, the physician who performed the autopy on Ambrose on April 1, 1999.

Dr Kumar, who gave his testimony in that form because he is now based in India, said Ambrose had a number of entry and exit wounds in the lower abdomen and hip area.

The pathologist said he collected a projectile during the autopsy and handed it over to a nurse.

Officer Gray had previously said he was present during Dr Kumar’s autopsy of Ambrose and was handed the projectile by Dr Kumar, which he sealed in a container and marked before passing it on for analysis at the police forensics lab.

Yesterday, when asked by the prosecution if he recognised the container, the officer said he did because of his initials on it.

When the prosecution sought to make an application to Justice Roy Jones, an objection was raised.

Justice Jones dismissed the jury for lunch and when court resumed in the afternoon, legal discussions took place in the jury’s absence.

Andrew Davis, Clint Evans and Stephen Stubbs each face a charge of murder and attempted murder in connection with the March 29, 1999 shooting death of Constable Ambrose.

Evans is separately charged with two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to put another in fear.

It is claimed that the three accused, on the day in question, murdered Constable Jimmy Ambrose and attempted to kill Constable Marcian Scott.

It is also alleged that Evans possessed a firearm with intent to put Constables Frank Burrows and Calvin Robinson in fear for their lives.

All three men denied the charges and pleaded not guilty when formally arraigned at the opening of the trial.

Stubbs is represented by Murrio Ducille and Jerone Roberts while Davis and Evans are represented by Ian Cargill and Romona Farquharson-Seymour respectively.