By Balford Henry, Senior Staff Reporter 
THE WEST Kingston Commission of Enquiry heard yesterday from lawyers retained by two residents of West Kingston on whom the police have served subpoenas to put in an appearance.
Attorneys-at-law George Soutar and Tom Tavares-Finson turned up at yesterday's sitting and informed the commissioners that they had been retained by George Mills, an 83-year-old resident who had been shot in the leg and 19-year-old Latoya Brown who lost both eyes during the period.
Both Miss Brown and Mr. Mills were among the 38 civilians who were shot and injured during the July 7-10 security forces operation in West Kingston, led by Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams of the Crime Management Unit (CMU). Miss Brown has lost sight in both eyes after she was hit by a bullet, allegedly fired by the security forces in Tivoli Gardens.
Mr. Tavares-Finson said that Miss Brown was not in a position to appear at the enquiry at the moment. He produced a certificate from Dr. Aggrey Irons stating her mental condition and pointing out that she is currently undergoing 3-6 months of therapy.
Mr. Soutar said that Mr. Mills was unable to come to the enquiry yesterday as he was having problems. Mr. Soutar did not expand, but he suggested next Tuesday as a possible date for his client to appear.
It is understood that if Mr. Mills appears before the Commission, he will be represented by Mr. Soutar, although attorneys-at-law Dennis Daly and Earle Witter are already representing the Public Defender who had offered the two persons as witnesses. The commission has been desperately trying to get at least some of 16 witnesses represented by the Public Defender's attorney to appear at the enquiry. This follows the decision of the lawyers representing the citizens of Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens, as well as those representing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga and Tivoli Gardens' Councillor Desmond McKenzie to withdraw from the enquiry.
Mr. Daly, the main attorney for the Public Defender, fainted during yesterday's sitting, causing a premature pre-lunch adjournment, as his colleagues tried to get medical attention for him. Mr. Daly, who fell off his seat at a previous sitting, is understood to be suffering from a condition which causes black-outs for brief periods.
Mr. Soutar told The Gleaner yesterday that he plans to represent his client whenever he appears at the Commission. He said that he will discuss the matter with Mr. Daly prior to Tuesday.
As the enquiry tried to fill the vacuum left by the non-appearance of the public witnesses, it heard evidence from Sergeant Glenda Smith from the Rio Bueno area of Trelawny and Deputy Superintendent Clinton Laing of the Elletson Road police in East Kingston.
DSP Laing testified about responding to a call to the Elletson Road station that a police car had been ambushed on Mountain View Avenue. He said that he was among a team of about 15 policemen who went to Mountain View Avenue. They came upon a group of men, three of whom were armed with rifles and the others with handguns.
He identified four of the men by their aliases. He said that when his team ordered the men to stop, they ran to Goodrich Lane and opened fire. He said that the police team moved away from that area after he suggested to them that, "this looks bigger than us."
They walked from Langston Road to 83 1/2 Mountain View Avenue. He later took note that a police car, as well as a car driven by one of his colleagues, District Constable Colin Thomas, were burnt. D/C Thomas' burnt body was later found around the steering wheel of his car.
He said that one of the men has been detained on murder, shooting, arson and robbery charges, while the others are on the run.
Woman Detective Smith, who is based at the Rio Bueno station, told the Commission how she and her colleagues patrolled the area after getting information about plans by JLP supporters to block the main road in sympathy with the people of West Kingston.
Her patrol party included District Constable Errol Stephenson, who died after he was hit by a stone thrown at him at a roadblock on the main road.
She said that the incident took place near the home of a JLP activist, Levy "Tician" Green. She said that the object which hit Stephenson was thrown from the direction of Green's house. The D/C was taken to the Falmouth Hospital, where he died.
Following the D/C's death, Green and another man, Anthony Brown, were arrested for his murder. Green and Brown were, however, freed of the murder charges in the Falmouth Resident Magistrate's Court.
Fitzmore Coates, senior forensic officer at the forensic science laboratory, was also cross-examined yesterday.
Mr. Coates had testified on Tuesday that his assessment of the damage to the command post at the Coronation Market which was used by the security forces July 7-10, was that it was hit by dynamite. However, he suggested that it was not a whole stick of dynamite, but a repackaged one.
He said that he had found in samples he had taken from the post and tested, traces of diethyleneglycol dinitrate, ammonium nitrate, nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose and hexagen, constituents of dynamite.
Explaining what he called repackaged dynamite he said: "In my experience I have seen where they have taken dynamite, cut it in two and squeeze out the material from inside to repackage it in smaller portions".
He said that the repackaged dynamite would not be as potent as the original.
Mr. Coates also assessed that the wheel of one of the Jamaica Defence Force's V150 armoured cars had been damaged by a projectile he believed was a grenade. He said that he was led to that conclusion by the traces of material he had found in the damaged area as well as the shape of the hole in the tyre.
Swab tests results clarified
ALL ATTORN EYS involved with the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry have already been furnished with the results of the swab tests, which were done on the hands of approximately 50 men detained in West Kingston during the July 7-10 security forces' operation.
This was stated by Ingrid Mangatal, the main attorney for the office of the Attorney-General, as she clarified yesterday's Gleaner report, which suggested that the results had only been sent to the Attorney-General's office. The July 20 date stated in yesterday's story, was the date on which the swabs were tested at the forensic laboratory.
