The Tribune

A STENOGRAPHER that recorded the testimony of an ex-policeman who witnessed the murder of a colleague outside a nightclub gave evidence in Supreme Court yesterday.

During a May 2002 trial, which saw Andrew Davis, Clint Evans and Stephen Stubbs stand trial for murder before then Justice Anita Allen, the court reporter transcribed the recorded evidence of then Constable Martian Scott with a laptop. A transcript was produced and handed to the judge the following morning, the witness said.

The witness further noted that at the conclusion of the trial, where an appeal was filed, a copy of the transcript was submitted to the Appeals Committee upon request.

However, a legal issue arose when the prosecution asked for the stenographer to be shown the document.

Davis, Evans and Stubbs each face a charge of murder and attempted murder in connection with the March 29, 1999 shooting death of Constable Jimmy Ambrose.

Evans is separately charged with two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to put another in fear.

It is claimed that the three accused, on the day in question, murdered Constable Jimmy Ambrose and attempted to kill Constable Marcian Scott.

It is also alleged that Evans possessed a firearm with intent to put Constables Frank Burrows and Calvin Robinson in fear for their lives.

All three men denied the charges and pleaded not guilty when formally arraigned at the opening of the trial.

Stubbs is represented by Murrio Ducille and Jerone Roberts while Davis and Evans are represented by Ian Cargill and Romona Farquharson-Seymour respectively.

Scott, who left the police force in 2000, was murdered in June 2006.

His deposition from Magistrate’s Court in 2000 was read into evidence last Friday.

Yesterday, the prosecution sought to have Scott’s Supreme Court evidence presented in the form of the transcripts produced by the court stenographer in 2002.

The case resumes today before Justice Roy Jones.