Two state officers take the stand in Colin Jones PI

Feb 15, 2012 News

Already being committed to the High Court for allegedly attempting to murder police ranks at the Brickdam Police Station, Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Basil Morgan, Anthony Watson and Jahfar Sampson made another court appearance yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Two state officers took the stand to give evidence against the accused in the matter of setting fire to a building.
Gregory Wickham, a fireman stationed at the Central Fire Station, was the first to give his evidence-in-chief, led by police prosecutor Inspector Steven Telford. The fireman related his conduct during the investigation of the fire which occurred at the Supreme Court in 2009.
Wickham divulged to the court his years as a fireman and his experiences on the job. Based on this, after being asked by the prosecutor, the court deemed Wickham an expert, and he told the gathering his findings as to how he believed the fire started.
His testimony lasted approximately 15 minutes. The five men accused of the crime declined to cross- examine the police witness while Telford also declined to re-examine.
Second to give evidence-in-chief was Detective Sergeant Suraj Singh who is attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), homicide section.
Singh told the court what he had done during the arrest of Anthony Watson and during the time he had taken a statement from the accused. By all indications, this is what the policeman’s evidence was based on. Singh’s evidence lasted almost three quarters of an hour.
By this time, Defence Lawyer Nigel Hughes had presented himself in defence of Basil Morgan. He along with three of the accused refused to question Singh on completion of his evidence.
Watson, however, asked the policeman a series of questions in his defence,

after relating to the court an alleged ordeal during the time of his detention in police custody. The prosecution, after one question to Singh, completed its re-examination of the witness.
Jones, Mars, Morgan, Watson and Sampson are accused of setting fire to the Supreme Court in late 2009. This, according to initial reports, was part of a series of attacks in Georgetown which included attacks on at least two police stations. The men were said to have conspired among themselves and parties unknown to cause uproar in the city.
The five men will reappear in court on February 22.

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