C. Communication No. 240/1987, Willard Collins v. Jamaica (views adopted on 1 November 1991, at the forty-third session) Submitted by; Willard Collins (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State partyt Jamaica Date of communication: 25 August 1987 (initial submission) Date of the decision on admissibilityi 2 November 1988 The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Meeting on 1 November 1991, Having considered communication Ho. 240/1987, submitted to the Committee by Willard Collins under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author of the communication and by the State party. Adopts its views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol.* Facts as presented by the author 1. The author of the communication dated 25 August 1987 is Willard Collins, a Jamaican citizen currently awaiting execution at St, Catherine District Prison, Jamaica. He claims to be the victim of a violation by Jamaica of articles 7, 10 and 14, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 (e), of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He is represented by counsel. 2.1 The author is an ex-corporal in the Jamaican police force. He was arrested on 16 June 1981 in connection with the murder, on 23 November 1980, of one Rudolph Johnson in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica. The prosecution contended that the author shot the victim with his service weapon because he owed him a substantial amount of money, and that he had procured the assistance of a taxi driver, one C.E., to drive him and the victim to the scene of the crime and to assist with the disposal of the body. 2.2 Initially, C.E. had been arrested on 28 November 1980 and detained in connection with the murder. Some months later, he was released upon direction of the investigating officer, one Detective Sergeant R.G., who had taken charge of the police investigations on his own initiative, in the author's opinion because he was C.B.'s brother-in-law and the father of a girl born to * An individual opinion submitted by Ms. Christine Chanet, Mr. K. Herndl, Mr, Aguilar Urbina and Mr, B. Wennergren is appended. -219-