Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
DISCREPANCIES IN the evidence given by the police about how they were fired at, led to the acquittal of 19-year-old electrician Henroy Gregory, of Old England, Manchester.
Gregory was serving a 15-year-prison sentence.
Velma Hylton, Q.C., who represented Gregory, argued before the Court of Appeal that Gregory should not have been convicted based on the discrepancies in the Crown's case. She pointed out that, from the evidence, only one gun was pointed from the car in which Gregory was travelling and there was a conflict as to which section of the car the shot was fired from.
Crown Counsel, Stephanie Jackson Haisley, conceded that there were discrepancies which the Crown could not support.
The Court of Appeal comprising Mr. Justice Seymour Panton, Mr. Justice Howard Cooke and Mrs. Justice Hazel Harris described the discrepancies as "major".
Gregory was convicted in the Gun Court division of the May Pen Circuit Court on October 7, 2005. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearm and 15 years imprisonment for shooting with intent. The sentences were to run concurrently.
Evidence was given that, about 1:45 a.m. on August 21, 2004, the police were shot at when they tried to stop a motor car, which was travelling through May Pen. A shot was fired from the car. The police returned the fire and two occupants in the car were shot and seriously injured.
