A family who claimed their relative was “killed in cold blood” appeared yesterday at the Coroner’s Court for the opening of an inquest into 16-year-old Jiselle Glinton’s death.
The highly anticipated inquest into the death of the teenage girl, who was shot by a policeman. opened yesterday before Coroner William Campbell, and an eight member jury.
Mother of the deceased, Cynthia Glinton explained that her daughter ahd left the house at about 10:30pm with family friends, and had planned to go pick up her sister who worked at Dairy Queen in the Harbour Bay shopping plaza.
According to the commissioner, sometime around 11:30pm on August 7 last year, a pair of reserve police officers had pursued a male driver and a female rider on a red and white trail Honda motorcycle after observing the pair acting in a suspcious manner in the Mackey Street area.
The driver of the motorcycle, 25-year-old Kenneth “Nardo” Dorsette fired at the officers. Police said that in fear for their lives they fired back.
Police reported that the chase continued onto Dowdeswell Street where another exchange of gunfire occurred and ended on Shirley Street after the motorcycle crashed.
Kenneth Dorsette and Jiselle were taken to the Accident and Emergency section of the Princess Margaret Hospital. Mr. Dorsette had been shot twice in the hand and wrist, while Jiselle died the following morning from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Dr. Govinda Raju, a forensic pathologist, confirmed from the autopsy report that Jiselle had not been shot from a close range.
Source: Kilah Rolle, The Tribune
