Tashieka Mair, Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:

Three months after confessing that he made up a statement and falsified witness in a murder case, Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue will go before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for sentencing on May 5.

Detective Lyn-Sue's $20,000 bail bond was extended when he appeared in court yesterday.

He will be sentenced on the charge of perverting the course of justice, to which he pleaded guilty yesterday. It was his fourth court appearance since formal charges were levelled against him last month.

"This is a case I need to look at," said Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry after listening to an impassioned mitigation plea by defence attorney Morrel Beckford.

Egregious conduct

The attorney sought to explain his client's conduct, which he described as "egregious".

The attorney said Lyn-Sue's actions were not a case of spite, as several persons, who could not be persuaded to commit this information in to writing, had supplied details about the person said to have committed the murder.

Lyn-Sue, 32, who was attached to the Area One Accident Reconstruction and Investigative Unit in St James, has served the Jamaica Constabulary Force for more than seven years.

In January, he confessed, under oath, that he fabricated a statement in the case against Jason James, who is said to be a member of the notorious Killer Bees gang based in Granville, St James.

James was charged in relation to the April 1, 2006 gun murder of 23-year-old Sheldon Shaw of Retirement, Granville. The detective told the court that he penned the statement after witnesses were unwilling to come forward and give statements.

No order was made against James, who is currently serving time in prison for unrelated gun charges.

Lyn-Sue said he decided to be truthful because he was now a Christian.