By confessing to the creation of a fake witness to the 2006 murder of 23-year-old Sheldon Shaw, former police detective Lyn-Sue left a legacy that will undoubtedly play a key role in the reform of the justice system. Now he just wants to be left alone.

Former police detective, Carey Lyn-Sue, knew there were going to be unpleasant repercussions when he confessed to creating a witness on paper to the 2006 murder of 23-year-old Sheldon Shaw.

He expected flak for confessing to a crime that he could have easily gotten away with if he had just said no when the clerk of the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates' court called to find out if he had located the witness.

For despite growing suspicions in judicial circles that the system was being haunted by ghost witnesses, it was unlikely that anyone - apart from the lawyer who would represent James - would dig him down to find out if he'd tried hard enough, or at all to find the fake witness whose testimony put the blame on Jason James, who is currently serving time on unrelated gun charges.

The case would have proceeded and the system would have remained innocent, as opposed to being proven guilty.
But Lyn-Sue wasn't thinking about the system when he told the clerk that he never had a witness to the murder.

"I did it for me...my spiritual development.to know God for myself,' he told the Observer West.

But having set in motion a train of events which triggered a review of the Evidence (Amendment) Act, which facilitates the creation of ghost witnesses, the 32 year-old ex-cop just wants to be left alone now.

"I would hope that the system would be able to benefit from this. the breakdown of this nation stems from the way we handle things, the lack of integrity, the hypocrisy.yes, I confessed for me.but if others can take the example, why not?"

Unfortunately for him, there are several people who just don't see it that way. Consequently his life is being made difficult by verbal attacks from people who figure they can capitalise on his confession.

"Ever since this thing started, some people have come up to me and been rude, saying I lied on them and I must put it right.It's as if they all want a piece of the action, so to speak," he said.

Now that it's really over, he's ready to put the unpleasantness behind him and get out of the limelight.

"I'm really not comfortable in the limelight. I'm praying about everything and am ready for whatever God has in store for me," he said.

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