Identical reports worry Coroner
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008CORONER 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…)