Discrepancies over a victim’s identity, the date of a post-mortem examination and who witnessed another examination prompted a 20-minute recess during testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 maritime collision.
Corporal Jason Doxilly, a police officer attached to the Scenes of Crime Unit, was asked to review his records after the commission identified several conflicts between his account and documents before the inquiry.
One involved the identity of 24-year-old victim Tyron Paul.
Doxilly initially told the commission that Tyron Paul was the deceased’s sister and had identified the body. However, the chair referred to a copy of an identification card showing that Tyron Paul was a 24-year-old male.
The officer acknowledged that he might have entered the information on the wrong line and corrected his account to identify Paul as the deceased.
Further questions arose when the chair compared the officer’s revised testimony with the post-mortem report. According to the chair, that report named a different person as the sister who identified Paul’s body.
There was also a conflict over the examination date. Doxilly testified that his involvement began on Thursday, July 23, 2026, when an officer from the Marine Unit requested his assistance at the Owen King EU Hospital mortuary.
The chair said the post-mortem report recorded the examination as taking place on Wednesday, July 22.
Doxilly told the inquiry that he photographed and documented the body, witnessed the examination and received samples collected by the pathologist. He said he secured those samples before handing them over to evidence custodians.
He also described attending a second victim’s post-mortem examination. However, the chair said information before the commission suggested that another police officer had witnessed that examination.
The chair then proposed a recess to allow Doxilly to examine his papers and clarify his evidence.
“Don’t get flustered. Don’t get nervous,” the chair told him, stressing that the discrepancies could reflect errors and that he was not suggesting the officer had deliberately provided inaccurate information.
Doxilly requested approximately 15 to 20 minutes, and the sitting was suspended for 20 minutes.
