Death Squad Trial | Bisson was not shot at close range, forensic pathologist testifies

A forensic pathologist today testified that Andrew Bisson was not shot at close range.

The witness said the body was not darkened and did not have burn marks, explaining that those markers would have been present if Bisson was shot within one metre of a gun.

Testifying in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston at the trial for Detective Corporal Kevin Adams, District Constable Howard Brown and Constable Carl Bucknor, the forensic pathologist also insisted that his opinion that the deceased was lying on his back when he sustained the last two gunshot wounds was independent.

Valerie Neita Robertson had suggested that he came to that conclusion based on information provided to him by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM).

This is after he testified that he received information about the case from INDECOM, as well as the police.

Yesterday, the court was told that Bisson sustained gunshot wounds to the chest, left ear, and upper central abdomen.

The forensic pathologist is said to have given INDECOM typed copies of Bisson's autopsy report in 2011 and 2012.

In the latter document, he offered the opinion that Bisson was lying on his back on the ground when he received two of the four shots.

The disclosure also caught the attention of presiding judge Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, who made inquiries.

“Where did you get the idea from that he was on the ground, as opposed to any other hard surface?” Sykes asked.

The witness indicated that he came to that conclusion based on the blood stains on the floor and information about the crime scene.

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