AfriKa CRY BLOOD

by MARIA BRADSHAW

CORONER Faith Marshall-Harris may revisit the locus in quo at Landlock, St Lucy, where I’Akobi Maloney met his death, to clarify the geography of the area.

From the start of the inquest witnesses have been referring to Landlock as either Cove Bay or Little Bay, areas on either side of Land Lock, and the coroner believes that this may have led to confusion about where Maloney died.

She made this observation on Monday while she continued the inquest into the young man’s death. (more…)

I’AKOBI MALONEY “jumped” 50 feet down from a cliff at Land Lock, St Lucy, and not 80 feet as originally stated by police.

The correct measurement was given by Sergeant Roger Mayers, a scenes-of-collision reconstructionist.

Mayers, who was deemed an expert witness by Coroner Faith Marshall-Harris, testified during the inquest into Maloney’s death on Monday and produced a sketch he made of the scene detailing all the relevant measurements.

He told the court that he reconstructed the scene on August 6, as pointed out to him by Sergeant Wingrove Headley and Constable Wendell Walkes, the two policemen who were with Maloney when he “jumped” over the cliff. (more…)

CORONER FAITH MARSHALL-HARRIS again expressed concern about two identical statements given by two police officers who testified on Monday during the inquest into the death of 23-year-old I’Akobi Maloney.

Sergeant Trevor Reece and Constable Sandra Dottin were the two police officers who visited Marguerita Maloney’s home on June 17, to inform her about the death of her son.

When they took the witness stand they each read individual statements which were so identical that it prompted attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim to ask them if they wrote the statements together.

While both officers denied doing so, Coroner Marshall-Harris was very critical about the similarity in police officers’ statements.

“They are identical word for word,” she stated. (more…)

A THREAT has been made against one of the police officers who was with I’Akobi Maloney at Land Lock, St Lucy, when he died.

The DAILY NATION understands that a stone was thrown through the window of Acting Sergeant Walter Headley’s home last week, wrapped in newspaper with the words: “You are a dead man Mr Headley”, written on it.

According to a senior police officer, the newspaper also carried a report of Headley’s testimony at the Coroner’s Inquest into Maloney’s death.

The police are now investigating the matter. (more…)

by MARIA BRADSHAW

MEMBERS of the Caribbean Rastafari Organisation Inc. (CRO) offered a libation at Land Lock, St Lucy, yesterday, giving up prayers for their deceased brethren I’Akobi Tacuma Maloney.

About 50 Rastafarians, including Maloney’s mother Marguerita and brother Mandela, gathered on the cliff where the 23-year-old former Barbados Exhibitioner was said to have jumped 80 feet down to his death.

There they prayed, chanted and sang for close to an hour. They also held hands in a circle shouting “Haile Selassie I” and”Jah Rastafari” as individual members offered prayers for Maloney’s family and for justice to prevail. They also walked three laps around in a circle, singing and chanting all the while. (more…)