By Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter 
GOVERNMENT BALLISTICS expert Daniel Wray testified yesterday at the Braeton murder trial that he saw bullet holes which were consistent with shots fired from outside and inside the house where seven young men were killed by the police.
Mr. Wray, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, said he saw 20 bullet holes, going from outside to inside the house. He said there were also five bullet holes going from inside to outside of the house.
The bullet holes were on doors and windows of the house at 1088 Fifth Seal Way, Braeton, St. Catherine where seven young men were shot and killed by the police on the early morning of March 14, 2001.
SIX POLICEMEN ON TRIAL
Six policemen have been on trial in the Home Circuit Court since January 17 for the murder of the men.
The Crown represented by Paula Llewellyn, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, David Fraser, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Tara Reid, Crown Counsel, are alleging that the policemen were not acting in lawful self defence when the men were fatally shot.
Two policemen who were called to testify for the Crown said when they went to the premises, men from inside the house fired shots at them and that the police party returned the fire. They recovered four firearms inside the house after the shooting ceased.
Mr. Wray said he and Deputy Superintendent Maurice Good-game of the Bureau of Special Investigations went to the crime scene at 1088 Fifth Seal Way, Braeton, St. Catherine at about 11.30 a.m. on March 14, 2001.
Wray said he made observations and reconstructed the crime scene. He also searched the house, made observations and took measurements.
He said the front door of the house had five bullet holes which indicated that shots were fired from outside while the door was closed. He said the bullet holes were consistent with shots fired from M16 rifles.
BULLET HOLES IN BACK DOOR
The ballistics expert said further that there were three bullet holes to the back door, two of which were fired from inside to the outside while the other was fired from outside to the inside.
Wray said that in a double panel metal window in the front bedroom he saw a bullet hole which was consistent with shots fired from a .38 calibre weapon or 9mm weapon from inside to the outside of the house.
He said there was a double window in the living room where he saw five bullet holes which were consistent with shots fired from outside with M16 rifles.
Mr. Wray will continue his testimony when the trial resumes on Monday before Mr. Justice Donald McIntosh and the 12-member jury in the Home Circuit Court.
