16.
341
CONFIDENTIAL
6
About this time, the Identification Bureau officers,
P.C. 8628, the fingerprint officer and Mr. LAU Moon-chi, the police photographer also arrived. (Mr. LAU is part of the Scenes of Crime Team who turned out with the fingerprint officer.) These two officers were briefed by both Mr. Trotman and Mr. Kong, but they were given incomplete guidance as to how to carry out their duties. The photographer was to take photographs of the flat, albeit photographs had earlier been taken by another photographer. The fingerprint officer was told to examine the revolver for prints. He was also told to examine the main door. Mr. Cimino had already taken possession of the revolver and the fingerprint officer with the help of Mr. Cimino examined the gun. He was able to lift one fingerprint from the outside of the revolver. He also lifted three prints from the inside of the main coor. He was not instructed to examine the windows, and according to Mr. Trotman, who was quite satisfied that there was absolutely no such necessity. The fingerprint officer did not carry out any other examination.
17.
At some stage, Mr. P.B. Stevens was brought into the flat to view the note and the body, as he was representing Mr. MacLennan. After this, Mr. Stevens left the scene.
18.
Mr. Trotman did not call on the services of the C.I.D. as he was satisfied that there was no such necessity.
There were no suspicious circumstances and no foul play was suspected. Mr. D.T. Emmet, SSP/CID/K, Mr. G.D. Brooke, SP/CID/KE and Mr. LO Chu-hung, DDI/KC did attend the scene. Having been briefed by Mr. Trotman that his Uniform Branch would handle the case and that there were no suspicious circumstances, they left.
19.
Mr. M.N.W. Pelly, ADS/KC, arrived at the Homantin Service Flats at about 1235 hours. On his arrival, he was briefed by Mr. Trotman. Mr. Pelly stayed at the scene thereafter, but took no active part in dealing with the case. On the morning of the 15th January, numerous cases of importance had occurred in Kowloon City Division. These included, in addition to the MacLennan case, a kidnapping, a murder, a goldsmith robbery, a dead body found at the railway tunnel, a theft of police handcuffs and a police desertion case. All these incidents required Mr. Pelly to constantly monitor the situation, to direct other officers and to keep senior officers informed.
20.
The body of MacLennan was taken to Kowloon Public Mortuary escorted by P.C. 6924, a Death Enquiry Constable of Kowloon City Division, at about 1320 hours.
21.
Some time later in the afternoon, between 1400 and 1500 hours, Mr. Trotman received instructions from the DPC/K that Mr. Pelly was to be responsible for the investigation into Mr. J.R. MacLennan's death. Mr. Pelly was thus responsible for the compilation of the Folice Death Report.
/22.
Page 330Page 331