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October 21, 2015
TIVOLI ENQUIRY: US aeroplane useless in effort to arrest Coke
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The aeroplane provided by the United States to help with surveillance in the May 2010 effort to apprehend Christopher Dudus Coke was useless to ground troops, said a senior Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) member today.
Lieutenant Colonel Jamie O’Gilvie testified in the Tivoli Enquiry that they had to instead rely on JDF helicopter in the area for better information.
He said the resolution of the visual from the US aeroplane was poor in comparison to the feed from the JDF helicopter.
The JDF feed, according to O’Gilvie, not only pinpointed the movement of gunmen but soldiers were able to identify the streets where these men were.
He said the aeroplane was in the area on May 24, the day the operation started.
Paul Henry
