Adrian Frater, News Editor

Western Bureau:

June Campbell, the woman whose son a detective constable confessed in court to fabricating evidence against, says she has forgiven the repentant cop and wishes him well in his new life in Christ.

"I am happy that he has confessed because my son had always insisted that he was innocent," Ms. Campbell told The Gleaner yesterday. "I am a born-again Christian myself, so I am also very happy that he found God and has decided to walk in his grace."

Last Tuesday, Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue, who is attached to the Area One Accident Reconstruction and Investigative Unit, confessed in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court that he had fabricated evidence in an April 2006 murder case for which Campbell's 20-year-old son, Jason James, was charged.

Ms. Campbell, a mother of four, said when her son was arrested and charged for the murder of Sheldon Shaw, she was torn between his claim that he was innocent and the police contention that he was guilty. As a result, she said she decided to put the matter to God in prayer.

"I said 'God, if he is guilty, let them find him guilty when he goes to court. But, if he is not guilty, let those who are trying to frame him confess that they have done him wrong'," Ms. Campbell revealed. "I am happy for this confession because it is evidence that my God answer prayers."

Ms. Campbell said her son, who is now in prison serving a 15-year sentence for an unrelated crime, is aware of Detective Constable Lyn-Sue's confession and is quite pleased about it.

"Jason was quite happy about it (the confession) when I spoke to him last weekend," said Ms. Campbell, who is now wondering whether the other case that landed her son in prison was also fraudulent.

"He said he is in prison innocently. I don't know what to think because he could be speaking the truth."

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