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at Road Town Police Hoadquarters.

I made a report at East Police Station at about 9.00 to P/c Blyden.

I got back home about 11.00 a.m. to get ready for work at 1.00 pamā

While going to work, one Mr. Gore a neighbour stopped me. This was shortly

after 12:00 noon. I checked the pit toilet. It was locked. I saw a

blue shirt and a brown pants at the rear of the toilet. They looked like

clothes I had seen the accused wear. The pants had stains like water stains

on it. I did not observe anything on the shirt. I left the clothes there.

I made a report at about 12.30 to the Chief of Police at the duce ccd's

The Chief of Police, Sgt Malone and I went to the toilet. Sgt. Malone

took up the clothes and took them to the Station at East End. Sgt. Malone

and I searched the clothes. We found my knife in the pants pocket. The

knife was wet and was darkish in colour. That was not the condition I had

it in when I had it in my cabinet.

home,

(Witness is shown Id. B.)

This looks like my knife.

(Witness is shown Id F.)

This is the knife we found in the pants pocket.

These look like the clothes I saw at the rear of the toilet.

found the knife in the right rear pocket.

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Sgt. Malone and I went to accused's room. This was before we went to

the Station, but after we collected the clothes by the toilet.

Other police officers were present. We saw a valise in the room in

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a corner. There was also a brown shopping bag. The Sgt. collected the

valise and the shopping bag and took them to the Station. The valise wOB

searched I was present. It had in clothes neatly packed. The bag had

in some clothes and a pair of rubber shoes neatly packed. I did not observe

any other clothes in the accused's room. The rubber shoes were yellowish

or orange. There was dark reddish colour around the toe of the shoes

I and the accused

like blood or paint. The shows belonged to the accused.

got on well. The things in the valise and the bag belonged to the accused.

I did not see any reddish marks on the shows before that day.

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Sgt. Malone took the ralise and the bag and the clothes to Road Town

Police Station,

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