KINGSTON, Jamaica – The man of unsound mind said to have been killed by lawmen in an apartment in Tivoli Gardens was shot 10 times, the Tivoli Enquiry heard today.

The post mortem was referenced by Lord Gifford, the Queen’s Counsel representing the Office of the Public Defender, during his questioning of witness Lancelot Bailey.

Bailey said he couldn’t tell the number of shots fired but that he heard a lot of shots fired on the night of May 24, 2010.

He had testified earlier in his examination-in-chief that the man, 31-year-old deCorey Wright, was killed in his (Bailey’s) apartment and that two soldiers brought down the body wrapped in a sheet from his house.

‎Bailey said that as far as he knew, Wright ‎never had a gun and that there was no gun inside the apartment.

He described Wright as a peaceful man and said he was a cabinetmaker before he got ill.

Earlier under cross-examination from Deborah Martin (representing the Jamaica Constabulary Force) and Peter Champagnie (for the Jamaica Defence Force) ‎ Bailey said he never saw any gunman in the community leading up to the operation to apprehend then don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke nor did he see any gunman on the day Wright was killed.

Bailey, who said he moved to the community after being deported from the US in December 2009, ‎testified under further cross-examination that he didn’t know who Coke was or what he did. He said he heard of the Presidential Click but didn’t know what it was.

He said he had migrated to the US in 1994 from Trench Town, which is less than a mile away from Tivoli Gardens. 

Asked by Champagnie if he was afraid to say what he had seen, Bailey said: “There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Another witness is expected to take the stand this afternoon.

Paul Henry