Klansman trial police trace bullets taken from Richard Gray's body to forensic lab

Two prosecution witnesses have described how ballistic material tied to the death of Richard Gray was recovered, recorded and handed over for forensic testing as the Klansman gang trial continues.

A detective sergeant told the court that on 14 December 2017 he attended Archer's Funeral Home in Spanish Town following a post-mortem on Gray's remains. He said a family friend who was there helped confirm who the deceased was.

The officer said he watched as the doctor took a blood sample and removed four bullets and a bullet fragment from the body. He testified that he received the items afterward, placed them in a brown paper bag, labelled the package and secured it as evidence.

He said he then went back to the St. Catherine Scenes of Crime Office, where the required paperwork was completed and the material was held in storage until it could be sent for laboratory analysis.

A detective constable gave separate evidence that on 18 December 2017 she took items linked to the matter to the Forensic Science Lab. She told the court that after the material was accepted, she was given a receipt, which she later passed to the investigating officer.

The evidence is connected to count eight on the indictment, which charges accused Travish Drummond with facilitating the murder of Richard Gray.