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May 23, 2008 News

Accused fled after the incident – witness

The policeman accused of shooting a Nabaclis resident in controversial circumstances had sprinted away after villagers came to the victim’s aid.

Police Constable Orville Tucker is charged with the shooting death of Carl Abrams on November 13, 2005 at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

Tucker is appearing before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and a 12-member jury at the High Court.
State Prosecutor Fabayo Azore yesterday led Shira Lewis in evidence.

Lewis, of 44 Nabaclis, said that at around 19:00hrs on the night in question, she was returning home from the shop.

On approaching a bridge that separates Nabaclis from Cove and John, Lewis recalled seeing two men heading in her direction.

Lewis related that as the men passed her, she noticed a man known as “Shabba” holding up Abrams.
According to her, Abrams was groaning in pain but she was too confused to look at his body. The witness said she abandoned her errand and ran back towards the main road to locate a vehicle to ferry Abrams to hospital.

She told the court that “Shabba’s” sister, Subrina, who was with the men, accompanied her to secure transportation.

The woman recalled stopping a minibus and returning to the bridge where Abrams was picked up.
During cross-examination by attorney-at-law Bernard De Santos, Lewis said Tucker was clad in black pants, camouflage jersey and a black cap. She noted that when she first saw Tucker, he was walking along the bridge and Abrams was on the ground.

However, Lewis said when she approached them Tucker sprinted down the sideline dam. Another witness, Subrina Campbell, took the witness stand and testified that she was at home on the night of the incident. Campbell said she heard a sound and on peering through a window, saw two men on the dam.

She recalled that one man was on the ground while the other was bent over him.
According to Campbell, she had known Abrams for several years and Tucker, from seeing him around the village.

The witness said she went outside and alerted a neighbour before rushing Abrams to hospital.
Under cross-examination, Campbell admitted that she had never seen Tucker before the night of the incident.

She agreed too that when she first saw the men, they were both standing. Campbell stated that Abrams was not her close friend but it was the first time she had witnessed such an incident.
The prosecutor is Kara Duff-Yehudah while attorney-at-law Pamela De Santos is appearing for the accused.

The trial continues on May 27.

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