ONLINE FEEDBACK: X6 probe

Emerging Pattern

I am beginning to get very uncomfortable here and I see a pattern that I really do not want to see emerging.

1. The 'suspect' made arrangement with the police and his lawyers to return 'voluntarily' to Jamaica. Why? I will tell you in a second.

2. You cannot do an ID parade as the taxi man could not identify the suspect for two reasons: (a) the vehicle is dark and tinted so there's no easy visual; (b) this incident occurred in the dark (low visibility).

3. First report said an X5, next it said an X6 - (doubt created already - deliberately, not sure yet).

4. Black X5, then black X6, then dark-coloured X6 (doubt again).

5. The vehicle was said to have been repaired. This does not mean this is the vehicle that had the accident. Cops need to match paint found on the X6 against the paint from the taxi and get a match.

6. The paint match would only suggest that the vehicle (X6) and the taxi had made impact at some point in time. That, in no way, points to murder.

7. You must establish, beyond reasonable doubt, that this suspect was the person in the vehicle and was the one who fired the shot. We as yet do not know if there was only one person in the SUV.

8. The bullet fragments are missing, i.e., cannot be found in the victim. This is crucial to get a conviction and, as such, it MUST be found.

9. The gun from which the bullet was fired is missing.

10. So all we have is circumstantial evidence, and with a top lawyer like Patrick Atkinson, this suspect is being set up to walk free, despite public sentiment.

Without bullet fragments, without a murder weapon, without a cause of death, there is nothing to tie the suspect to the murder except a dark-coloured X5/X6.

The outcome is almost concluded and that is why the suspect has returned to the country. OMG! I cannot believe we all fell for this.

- Jayjayja

Life changed

Young Mais is dead, but God is not. Mr Suspect might be able to evade Jamaica's justice, but will not get pass God's. As a man sows, so shall he reap. He made a gross error in judgement and should face up to this and the ensuing consequence instead of trying to get away with it. Whether or not he gets away, his life will never be the same.

- Masrog

Trust in commish shattered

Commissioner Ellington has earned a lot of praise for the way he has handled corruption and other problems within the police force. I was also beginning to think he was probably the best commissioner of police. I also was beginning to think that he was not going to allow politicians to control him.

Now I am not sure. This one case - with the nameless BMW X6 suspect - has shattered belief in the commissioner and his police force.

- Mistermel

No justice in Ja

Years ago, my former employer, a Jamaican attorney, said there is no such thing as justice in Jamaica. It is 'just ice' - easily melted, depending on who is being charged.

- Harrisonatteliah

Why not name suspect?

Is this the normal procedure or policy in Jamaica - to withhold the name of a person who has been suspected of being a killer? And even after he's captured? Who the hell is this person? One thing I know for sure is that the laws that govern the poor are definitely not the same laws that govern the rich.

- Maxmillion4unu

Do the math

Looks like we should get ready for a no-case submission.

Nuff Money + Powerful Friends = Unnamed Suspect. Big-shot Lawyer + Missing Bullet = No Case?

- TanSoBack

Different standards

The JCF still needs to explain to the public what is so different in this case why this suspect's name cannot be made public.

Is this how it is for persons with connections to the politicians and the police, while the common people's names are made public and they must report to the nearest station by noon?

- Kwamie

Powerful vs powerless

The police have now become what I suspected a long time ago: an organisation that feels it can dictate and do anything without realising that we exist within a democracy. The prime minister has no power over the police force as a whole.

He may be able to have some decision on who becomes commissioner, but that is as far as it goes. Indeed, the Police Service Commission has no use either.

- Jaman

The rich can cross it

When it comes to justice, it seems that the police/politicians put one hell of a river in front of poor people. Nobody canna cross it and no one will be there to help them. The rich people can swim, though. Dem safe.

- Dis Grace