RENETO ADAMS, the tough-talking Senior Superintendent of Police, along with five former members of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), is expected to appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Monday, April 26, to answer to charges in relation to the controversial killing of four persons at Kraal, north west Clarendon, on May 7, 2003.
Reports are that SSP Adams was formally advised yesterday by his immediate boss, Assistant Commissioner Arthur Martin of the Mobile Reserve, that he will be charged.
SSP Adams and the five rank-and-file members two corporals and three constables are to be charged following a ruling by Kent Pantry, Q.C., the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The file was handed to Deputy Commissioner Lucius Thomas on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas was the chairman of the committee set up to monitor the investigations.
Reports are that local and overseas investigators will be using power point presentations to support the forensic evidence when the matter goes for trial. Apart from the over 80 statements collected during the investigations, there are also two eyewitnesses, one of whom is being sheltered under the Witness Protection Programme.
A 37-year veteran of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, SSP Adams was among 23 members of the Force who went to Namibia, 1989-1990 on a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.
