TIVOLI ENQUIRY: 13 men who died in Tivoli operation had criminal records
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thirteen of the men who died in the Tivoli Gardens operation to apprehend Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke had criminal records, the Tivoli Enquiry was told.
Superintendent Gladys Brown Ellis gave the figure while being cross examined by attorney Peter Champagnie for the JDF.
She also gave evidence that 11 of what she said were the 69 men who died as a result of the operation to apprehend Coke, came from outside of the Corporate Area and that some had no addresses at all.
Others were from the Corporate Area but didn’t reside in West Kingston.
“We were not able to establish why they were in [West Kingston],” Brown Ellis said.
She testified also that some of the men who were processed at Madden’s Funeral Home were predominantly dressed in white shirts and blue or dark coloured jeans.
Evidence had been given that this mode of dress was that of gunmen firing at members of the security forces during the operation.
Evidence was also given that men were imported into Tivoli Gardens to defend Coke.
Paul Henry
