Professor Derek Pounder, an international expert on forensic pathology, is to testify today at the Coroner's Inquest into the controversial shooting of Sandra Sewell and Gayon Alcott, of August Town, St. Andrew.

They were shot dead on September 19, 2004, in August Town.

Members of the security forces reported that Alcott was shot when he pulled a firearm at them but they are not sure how Sewell was shot. One eyewitness testified at the inquest that Alcott did not have a firearm when he was shot.

Professor Pounder observed the autopsies at the request of the families and the lobby group Jamaicans for Justice. He also visited the site where the shootings took place and has prepared a report on his findings.

Attorney-at-law Shawn Wilkinson is representing the families of the deceased at the inquest which began in July.