‘Chucky’ Brown Trial | New witness to take the stand today
Published:Wednesday | October 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer
The Crown's second witness in the trial for Collis 'Chucky' Brown is expected to take the stand today at the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston, following two days of intense questioning of the Crown's first witness.
Yesterday, Brown's attorney, Norman Godfrey, sought to pierce holes in the prosecution's case during his cross-examination of the Crown's first witness.
Brown, who has been in custody since 2014, is indicted on charges stemming from incidents in 2009 and 2012 in which Robert 'Gutty' Dawkins, Dwayne Douglas, and Andrew Fearon were shot and killed.
The witness admitted to giving two statements to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) on March 30, 2014, and May 2, 2017, both of which were presented to him in court for confirmation.
Godfrey suggested that the statement given to INDECOM on March 30, 2014, was inconsistent with the one that was given when the witness was questioned by the prosecution on Tuesday.
The attorney said that the INDECOM statement stated that the witness, 'Gutty', and the two other men rode bicycles to a nearby bar on the day that the incident occurred while in his court response, he said that only he and 'Gutty' rode bicycles and the other two men were on foot.
The attorney also pointed out that in the 2014 INDECOM statement, the witness described what the shooter was wearing as a gown while on Tuesday, he described it as a pair of overalls.
Godfrey also pointed out that the names and signatures on both documents appeared to be different.
"That document was shown to you earlier today and you signed it as being true and correct?" Godfrey asked.
"Yes, sir," the witness responded.
SIGNED BY DIFFERENT PERSONS
"Can you explain the difference in spelling and writing of the names on two documents?" Godfrey asked. "Do you agree with me that the documents were signed by different persons?"
"Yes, sir," the witness said.
"Do you agree that the statement dated March 30, 2014, was not signed by you?" Godfrey asked.
"Part of it sign by me," the witness responded.
During the re-examination by the prosecution, the witness admitted that he could not read or write.
A picture of Dawkins was also admitted into evidence.
Justice Vivienne Harris, who is presiding over the trial, said that she would be ordering a subpoena for the head of the Clarendon police, Senior Superintendent Vendolyn Cameron, to retrieve the diaries that may contain the statement given by the witness.
The witness is said to have made a statement to the May Pen police two to three days after the murder of Robert 'Gutty' Dawkins on January 10, 2009.