Amnesty Int’l welcomes murder charge against cops

Amnesty International has welcomed the laying of charges against six policemen over the murders of three men more than six years ago.

Sergeant Simroy Mott, Corporal Donovan Fullerton, Constables Andrew Smith, Sheldon Richards, Orandy Rose, and Richard Lynch were charged Wednesday for the shooting deaths of Matthew Lee, Mark Allen and Ucliffe Dyer along Arcadia Drive, St Andrew, on January 12, 2013 under questionable circumstances.

The policemen had indicated that they acted in self-defence.

Corporal Fullerton was further charged with making a false statement to the I ndependent Commission of Investigations.

He is being accused of misleading the Commission about his use of lethal force during the incident.

They were each granted $600,000 bail with sureties when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

The matter was set for mention on September 30.