A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 back to check on him, and threatened him once more. Officer Sterling usually assaulted the detainees once they were back from court and during searches. He had not been informed about the possibility of lodging a complaint for ill-treatment. With regard to the conditions of detention, he noted that the food was not prepared properly and that there were cockroaches in it sometimes. The findings of the forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur strongly corroborated the allegations of ill-treatment. 35. Marvin Wilson, aged 25, had been a jailer and was outside his cell getting water when the unrest started. The detainees began throwing stones and other debris, so he went back to his cell. The warders tried to calm down the detainees, and left when they realized they could not. A short while after, approximately 100 people came in, including the warders, soldiers and police with iron pipes and guns. He did not see anyone being shot, but heard shots being fired. During the disturbance, the officers warned the detainees that if they caught someone with a “jammer��� they would kill them. The police came into his cell and used the iron pipes to beat him all over his body. He was beaten on the face with a baton by an officer called “Busthead”. He fell on his back and tried to shield himself with his arms and legs. He pretended to be dead when the beating was severe, but he was taken out of his cell by the police, where they continued to beat him. He lost consciousness and woke up outside the medical wing later that night. The doctor indicated to him that he had to go to the hospital. He was taken to the hospital, where he was told that his finger and arm were broken. He also received stitches on his elbow. A few days after the riot, he was interviewed by two women who were carrying out an investigation on behalf of the Commissioner of Corrections. Apart from the riot, he had not been beaten nor had any trouble in the ten months that he had been detained at Horizon Remand Centre. The findings of the forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur corroborated the allegations of illtreatment. 36. S.H., aged 30, suffered fits since he had been beaten on the head by a police officer on 25 October 2009. He was driving as a passenger in a car, when a police vehicle stopped them. A police officer ordered the three persons in the car to get out and made them lie on the ground facing the police car. He searched their car and claimed that he had found a gun inside. S.H. was taken to the Guanaboa Vale Police Station, where four police officers beat him. The officers hit him on the head with batons and a hard book. One officer grabbed and pressed his throat in order to stop the airflow. Eventually, he fainted. During the beating his hands were tightly cuffed on the back. He had marks from the handcuffs and bruises from falling on the floor. He was then taken to the hospital in Spanish Town, where he received stitches on the right eyebrow. The doctor told him that he was suffering from brain damage which caused fits. He had never had any fits before the beating. He underwent a number of tests and was given five different pills. Ever since, he had problems remembering things. After being released from the hospital he was taken back to the police station, where he fell on three occasions and had fits. He was taken to court for the first time the week before the visit of the Special Rapporteur. Afterwards he was transferred to the remand centre, where he once again suffered from fits and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized once again for three days. He had chest pains due to the medication, and could not sleep, so he was given sleeping pills. He felt that the authorities had been hiding him from the judge. When he was at court, the same officer who had hit him on the head was also present. The officer threatened him not to tell the judge that he had beaten him, otherwise he would get in trouble. He did not have a chance to speak to the judge and had not seen a lawyer. Since his arrival in the remand centre he had been in the medical unit. Although the officers did not beat the detainees in the medical unit, they often ignored his requests for assistance. He was not seen by a doctor at the remand centre and was still taking the medication he had received at Spanish Town Hospital. 37. Dennis Beagle, aged 39, heard gunshots in the remand centre on Monday morning, 8 February 2010. He witnessed police officers and soldiers running around on the second 27