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Woman on trial for female lover’s murder…
Police witnesses deny knowledge of murder weapon
Police witnesses, who testified in the trial, of 22-year-old Albouystown woman, Tiffney Clarke, called ‘Tiffany’, do not know the whereabouts of the murder weapon.
Murder accused, Tiffney Clarke
The murder weapon is said to be a knife. Clarke is indicted for the murder of her female lover.
She is on trial, at the Georgetown High Court for the murder, which occurred some time between February 25 and February 26, 2011at Red Dragon night club.
The accused had allegedly stabbed her girlfriend, Sonobia James to the neck. Sonobia died as a result of the attack.
Neatly attired in a white long sleeved shirt, black skirt, black net stockings and black shoes, Clarke sat in the prisoners dock, listening to evidence being presented by Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed twelve member jury, yesterday.
Clarke, who was nineteen at the time, was involved in a common law relationship with James. On the night of the incident, the two women were reportedly at the popular night spot, when (Clarke) saw James talking to another woman.
The accused became jealous and an argument erupted between the two women. Clarke allegedly took out a knife and stabbed James in the neck. The victim was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she died upon arrival.
Under cross examination by Defence Counsel, George Thomas, police witness Melissa Gilkes told the court that the last time she saw the alleged murder weapon was when she gave it to another police officer to have it lodged as evidence.
When asked by the Attorney whether she knew where the knife is now, the witness replied in the negative.
She told the court that a taxi driver, who had transported the accused and her injured lover to the hospital, had given her the knife.
The officer said that she handed over the weapon to a police officer at the same time, when she placed the suspect in the custody of police ranks at the Alberttown Police Station.
The witness claimed that she made records in relation to the incident in a dairy, which is usually at the GPHC outpost, but said that she could not recall whether she made any other records or gave any other written statements in regards to the incident.
The next witness to testify was Detective Constable Samuel Headley who told the court that he was the first policeman to arrive at the crime scene.
He said that after looking around the area, he summoned Crime Scene Investigators, (CSI) to the night club.
Crime scene expert, Delissa Brown, told the court that she went to the scene accompanied by another CSI.
Brown claimed that she saw “what appeared to be blood on the floors and walls in the female washroom area of the night club.”
The witness claimed that she took no samples or photographs at the scene. Brown said that when she arrived at the scene a crowd had gathered. “The scene appeared to be contaminated… There was a reddish substance which appeared to be blood on the ground and what appeared to shoeprints on it.”
The officer said that she never saw any object such as a knife at the scene of the crime.
State Prosecutor, Dhanika Singh, declined to re-examine Brown but called Police Constable Delon Lewis to the stand. Lewis had accompanied Brown to the scene of the crime.
In his testimony, Lewis told the court that he took several photographs at the scene. The witness was shown the photographs, which were tendered as evidence before the court.
However under cross examination, Lewis agreed that none of the photographs were taken of the washroom area of the Night Club. He claimed that he never went near any washroom at the Club.
The trial will continue today.
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