ON the 7th day of its sitting, the Linden Commission of Inquiry concluded taking testimony from Police Photographer Constable, Maxwell Grant, who was cross-examined by state attorney, Mr. Euclin Gomes, APNU attorney, Mr. Basil Williams, and attorney looking after the interests of relatives of the deceased, Mr. Nigel Hughes.

Grant had returned to the witness stand yesterday morning to make available copies of the video footage he had taken on the night of July 18 onwards, and to explain aspects of same to state attorney, Mr. Euclin Gomes.
He readily described areas and locations with which he was familiar; fumbling to answer other questions regarding location of the area he had videographed.
The footage was plagued with audio technical difficulties from the computer and public address system in the Supreme Court library; and commission member Mr. K.D. Knights sought clarity in parts of the footage.
APNU attorney, Basil Williams took his plethora of questions to the police constable, who responded to the best of his ability and knowledge regarding the footage and its compilation.
Grant made it clear that he did not make a note or entry regarding the number and indexing of the footage supplied to the CoI, as he was just instructed to hand over to the CoI all the footage he had taken in Linden.
Attorney Nigel Hughes tendered his share of questions, as he sought to find out if the footage supplied was edited, and whether the breaks indicated between were the ending and starting of new footages. Grant answered in the affirmative.
Asked about directions and distances, Grant did not stumble to indicate his unawareness of the areas. His answers were assisted by interventions from police attorney, Mr. Peter Hugh and members of the CoI.
He was later questioned about the August 11th & 12th, 2012 incidents, and answered questions from commission members, Mr. K.D. Knights and Mr. Cecil Kennard to conclude his testimony.
Linden Anti–Crime Unit Sergeant 17539 Roderick English was thereafter called to the stand, where he took oath and began giving evidence on the day in question by answering questions put to him by state attorney Mahindra Hira.
English told the CoI that, on July 18, he was assigned duty at the Kara Kara Call Centre, where he reported and had knowledge of a march which was to commence at 07:00 hrs at Christiansburg. The march was slated to proceed to the place where he was posted.
The sergeant detailed his activities during the period of his duties on the day in question, from the posting to Kara Kara Call Centre to the fires at Guyana Revenue Authority office, Linmine Secretariat and the People’s Progressive Party Office in Mackenzie, where he and three other ranks were forced to provide security and fend off vandals and protesters in cases.
English then was asked about the weapon, ammunition and stores he had uplifted with his unit on the day in question; and if, after the activities at stand-down time, he had checked off and had accounted for the arms and ammunition he had uplifted. He gave details to this activity.
Asked about ranks sustaining injuries during the day and period in question, he told the commission that he received information that ASP Todd and Stanton had been injured.
English was later asked about the operation of the TSU Riot Unit that had been deployed to Linden, and he gave a clear account of its operations at the bridge and at all places where the unit had recorded a presence.
The police sergeant was asked from whom he had received instructions, and to whom he had reported. His answer was Senior Superintendent Hicken, the then divisional commander.
Asked if he had known at the time that protesters had been injured and killed, he said he knew nothing of that.
The commission will visit Linden today, and will see the areas where damage had been done to the town’s infrastructure, and the areas marked in the footage of the police video supplied.
The commission will resume cross-examination on Thursday morning at the Supreme Court Libraray at 09:30 hrs.