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First police witness testifies in Mahaicony murder
Detective Sergeant, Denaise Adams, became the first police witness to testify in the trial of Satnarine Jaikaran called Sato, and his nephews, Neville and Randy Crawford, for the murder of Maxwell Rendell Crawford.
The deceased was a relative of the three accused persons.
Satnarine Jaikaran called Sato, (centre) and his nephews Neville Crawford and Randy Crawford
The three accused reportedly chopped and beat Crawford to death during “a family feud,” on January 29, 2010, at Little Abary, Mahaicony, East Coast of Demerara.
The victim, who was also called, ‘Bacchus George’ was reportedly left to die at the side of the Mahaicony Public Road, following the attack.
Adams was called to the stand, yesterday, to testify before Justice William Ramlal and a mixed panel of jurors.
Adams told the court that he was attached to the Cove and John Police Station, at the time of the incident. The policeman said that on January 29, 2010, he was summoned to a murder scene at Mahaicony.
The witness claimed that upon arrival of the crime scene, he observed a crowd gathered at the side of the road.
“I observed the body of a male lying on the side of the road, he appeared to be dead,” he added.
Adams continued to describe what he saw at the murder scene.
“The victim was wearing black pants, no shirt, there a spot of what appeared to be dried blood and a stab wound at his left side chest, there also spots of what looked like dried blood at the side of the road.”
The policeman said that he checked the area for sharp objects but none were found. Adams said that he then summoned crime scene investigators to the location, where photographs and samples of other evidential nature were uplifted.
The witness claimed that he escorted the body to the hospital and subsequently went to the Mahaicony Police Station, where he contacted Jaikaran, the number one accused.
Attorney at law, Jailall Kissoon, who is representing the trio, cross examined, Adams.
Kissoon is representing the accused in association with Attorneys -at-Law, Satyesh Kissoon and Renee Kissoon.
Under cross examination, the witness told the court that he did not know the victim, prior to his death.
“I didn’t know him personally; I only knew his name,” Adams recalled.
Adams told the court that while at Mahaicony Police Station, he also took statements from several witnesses. “I took statements from several persons other than the accused I cannot recall the time names of all the witnesses.”
State Prosecutor is Dhanika Singh as the trial continues today.
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