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Old Year’s Night murder…Two more witnesses testify as PI continues
Two more witnesses were yesterday called to testify on behalf of the prosecution as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of 20-year-old Carlissa Matthews continued at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Dead: Carlissa Matthews
Matthews’s ex-boyfriend, Jermaine Maynard, 42, of Leopold and Cross Streets, Werk-en-Rust, is charged with murder.
Minutes before the end of 2013, the woman was shot dead outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet on Water Street and Croal Street. She was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she succumbed early New Year’s morning.
Reports are that the accused had fled the scene after the alleged shooting but was nabbed at the ‘back track’ crossing in Springlands as he was about to board a vessel on January 2.
The preliminary inquiry got underway on Monday last in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and is scheduled to be called again today before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Maynard, the sole accused, is being represented by Defence Attorney George Thomas and prosecuted by Corporal Bharat Mangru who is attached to the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The inquiry is a pre-trial hearing not only for Maynard to hear what State witnesses have to say under oath, but also for a determination to be made by the Magistrate whether the Prosecution has enough evidence for him to be sent before a judge and jury for murder.
As it commenced on Monday, the court heard sworn testimonies from Matthews’s mother Carol Kennedy, the lead investigator, Detective Constable Zamir Zakeer who is attached to the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) of the Brickdam Police Station as well as Detective Constable Hendricks, attached to CID of Springlands Police Station.
Yesterday Kennedy and Zakeer were both called to take the stand once again.
Matthews’s stepfather Collis Bruce and Sergeant Eon Jackson, a firearm and ammunition specialist attached to the Criminal Investigations Division Headquarters, Eve Leary, for the past 18 years, have also testified.
Under oath, her mother and stepfather told the court what they would have witnessed at the time of the alleged shooting while the investigators described the roles they played in the investigation into the alleged murder.
The death certificate, post mortem report, a bullet, one lead and hard object, as well as the metal fragments recovered from Matthews’s body, have all been tendered as evidence.
By request, Carol Kennedy will return to court today to continue giving her evidence.
The Prosecution indicated that it has three remaining witnesses to support its case.
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