http://iriefm.net/images/logo.png http://iriefm.net/images/logo.png http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8754 A policeman who is believed to have fabricated evidence in a case before the Home Circuit Court is reported to have fled the country.   Local police have asked overseas law enforcers to help them apprehend detective sergeant Micheal Sirjue.   He is to be charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and uttering forged documents, based on a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions.   The police high command says the two charges point to the appearance of fabrication of evidence by Detective Sergeant Michael Sirjue, which unfairly implicated the accused persons in a case before the home circuit court.   The policeman was the lead investigator in a case of multiple murder.   A statement from Police Commissioner Owen Ellington says he received instructions from the DPP yesterday for the charges to be proffered against Detective Sergeant Sirjue.   The commissioner says it was immediately ordered that the detective sergeant be found and placed in custody for him to answer the charges.   The police say the search for Detective Sergeant Sirjue included checks at all ports of exit.   These checks revealed that the cop had already fled the country.   Against this background, the police say they immediately contacted their overseas partners and have furnished the requisite documents to assist in the apprehension of the detective sergeant. The statement from Commissioner Ellington says this case bears strong similarity to that of a former policeman – Carey Lyn-Sue - who admitted to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court in January 2008 that he fabricated evidence to convict an individual charged with murder.   The statement also notes that Detective Sergeant Sirjue worked at the Montego Bay C.I.B where he, at some stage, supervised Lyn-Sue.   At the time of the Lyn-Sue matter, the JCF carried out a thorough investigation of the case files prepared by Lyn-Sue and found that no other case was concluded on the basis of fabricated evidence. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8754 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8753 The court has thrown out the murder case against reputed gangster Eldon Calvert and his two co-accused.   The case was dismissed arising from charges to be brought against Detective Sergeant Michael Sirjue after he allegedly concocted evidence against Calvert.   Eldon Calvert, the former leader of the Stone Crusher gang had been jointly charged with his brother Gleason Calvert as well as Orette Grant and Michael Herron for the September 2006 killing of Robert Green.   Gleason Calvert was today freed, as there was no other charge against him.     However, Eldon Calvert and Herron are facing charges in relation to other murders.   In the meantime, the Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewlyn says the prosecution of the case was based solely on an eyewitness statement.   The witness was murdered in November 2006 and his statement tendered into evidence.   A statement from the office of the DPP says although the accused men objected to the written evidence being tendered on the basis that it was not authentic, there was no indication on the face of the file, of any irregularity.   The DPP says in the future when a case comes before the court and the witness cannot be found or has died, forensic handwriting experts will examine the signatures on the statements for the deceased or absent witnesses.   The handwriting experts for the defense and the prosecution both concluded that the signature and body of the witness statement belonged allegedly to policeman Michael Sirjue.   The court has said this is a very sad day in the history of justice for this to have happened. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8753 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8752 Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel will have to wait another two weeks to stand trial in relation to the murder of businessman Barrington “Bossie” Burton.   Kartel, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, appeared in the Corporate Area RM Court today.   His two co accused Lenbert McDonald and Nigel Thompson were also present.   The three men are charged with murder, conspiracy to murder, and possession of an illegal firearm in relation to the shooting death of Burton last July.      A preliminary hearing was set for today but it was postponed after the prosecution requested more time.   The court was told that the prosecution is awaiting a response from the DPP as to whether the murder case will be sent straight to the Home Circuit Court for trial.   Kartel and his two co-accused are to return to the Corporate Area RM court on Friday February 24.   The artiste also faces another murder charge in relation to the killing of Clive “lizard” Williams.    Kartel's other charges are perversion of justice and illegal possession of ganja. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8752 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8751 The search continued today for the body of a student who is suspected to have drowned at the San Shay beach in Port Antonio, Portland yesterday.   The body of a second was recovered yesterday.   The two, Shane Burke and Dimmel Osbourne were fourth form students at St. Andrew College in Kingston.   Approximately eight divers, including personnel from the Marine Police as well as civilians resumed the search for Burkes body this morning after it was halted yesterday afternoon due to rough waters.   Horace Burke, Shanes father was on hand to observe todays search efforts.   The grieving father says he believes negligence led to the death of his son.   http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8751 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8747 The former Director of Customs, Danville Walker, is to be charged for not providing certain information to the Contractor General within a specified time.   He reportedly failed to comply with requests of Contractor General Greg Christie in relation to investigations into the scrap metal trade.   The ruling was made on January 26, by Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn.   Mr. Walker had eventually complied with the Contractor General requests, but this was after the stipulated time frame had passed.   In the meantime, Danville Walker told Irie FM News, that he will consult with his attorneys before deciding on whether he will contest the DPPs ruling.   http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8747 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8746 The Portmore Police  have intensified their probe into a deadly kidnapping incident, that unfolded last night (February 1) between Central Village and Old Harbour in St. Catherine.   Three men were allegedly kidnapped.   One is dead, one hospitalized, and the other is still missing.   The dead man has been identified as 32-year-old truck driver, Oneil Henry, of Germaine Road in Bridgeport, St. Catherine.   Reporting are that about 9:00 p.m. yesterday, Henry and two other friends were driving towards Old Harbour.   Upon reaching the vicinity of Sharper Lane in Central Village, they were pounced upon by a group of armed men, who reportedly kidnapped them.   They were allegedly taken to Brampton Farm in Old Harbour, where they were stabbed several times, and reportedly thrown into a swamp, in the area.   One person managed to escape.   He is now in hospital in stable condition.   The police say they went to Old Harbour, after they were alerted.   They found Henry's body, in the Brampton Farm area.   The search is still on for the third person, who was allegedly kidnapped.   Cops are also trying to apprehend the kidnappers.       http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8746 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8745 Some residents of Crawford Street in Mt. Salem St. James, staged a demonstration this afternoon (February 2) over what they say is the gruesome police killing of a man.   The police, who are refuting the claims, say the man was killed during a shoot-out.   The deceased has been identified as 32 year old Orlando Smart, otherwise called Bryan and Manvoice.   Head of the St. James Police Senior Superintendent Linnette Williams Martin says  a police team in the area came under heavy fire.   SSP Williams Martin says the fire was returned and during the exchange, Smart was shot and wounded.   She says the wounded man was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he died while being treated.   Police say a 9 mm pistol was also recovered.   However, the family of Smart is disputing the police report of the incident.   Orlandos aunt, Julettte Brown told Irie FM News that about 1:00 p.m. her nephew was at home with his mother, when police came to the premises.   She claims that the cops forcibly removed his mother from the room, ordered Orlando to kneel, and than shot him in his head.   Ms. Brown is disputing the polices claim that there was a shootout and that a gun was found in the house.       http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8745 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8744 One youth is dead, and another is believed to have drowned, after a mishap at the San-Shy Beach in Port Antonio, Portland this afternoon (February 2).   The police have not yet released any information on the incident.   However, Damion, a friend of the boy who is missing, spoke with Irie FM News this afternoon.   He said his friend was among a group of students who went to Portland, on a field trip.   About 3: 30 p.m. some of the boys went to the beach and one of them reortedly got into difficulty.    Another youth went to his rescue, and its reported, that they were swept-away by strong currents.   Damion, who was at the beach, told Irie FM News, that the Marine Police took one body from the sea.  The other youth has not been found. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8744 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8743 Police are yet to release the identity of a man who was found dead in Chalky Hill St. Ann this morning (February 2).   Head of the St. Ann Police Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson told Irie FM News that police investigators are to submit a report to him.   He did not state by when he is expected to be in a position to give information, surrounding the man's death.   When Irie FM News visited the scene, residents stated that they stumbled on the body in a light brown pick-up truck.   The residents told our newsroom, that gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the open lot, sometime after 9: 00 p.m. yesterday .   http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8743 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8742 The Portia Simpson-Miller administration says no board appointment has taken place at entities under the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).   Reports had surfaced in the media, that prominent US based attorney, David Rowe had been appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC).   With the change of an administration, the new government will select members to sit on boards of state run entities and agencies.   A release from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) this afternoon (February 2) says appointments have not been finalised for boards of management of entities under the OPM, including the UDC.   According to the release, Prime Minister Simpson Miller says the process of identifying board appointees is on-going, but no decision has yet been made.   The release added that the Prime Minister has stated that the practice of appointing Executive Chairmen of boards has been discontinued.   The OPM says it will issue the appropriate advisory of appointments to the various boards as soon as these have been finalised. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/news/8742