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Sophia man on trial for neighbour’s murder

Jun 05, 2014 News

Sophia resident, Roger Pilgrim, is on trial at the High Court for the murder of his neighbour, Shane Rowley, whom he allegedly killed on January 22, 2011.
On Tuesday, a mixed 12-member jury was empanelled before Justice Dawn Gregory.
Pilgrim of Lot 68 ‘A’ Field, Sophia, called “Charlie Pants,” had allegedly stabbed Rowley in the vicinity of his home. The killing reportedly took place during a fight that stemmed from years of suspicions, in relation to a damaged fence, which separated the home of the victim from that of the accused.
The victim was stabbed in the neck and shoulder. He later succumbed to his injuries.
However, the accused has since denied the allegation of murder. He is being represented by Attorney at Law, Huckumchand Parag.
Yesterday, Police witness Inspector Chabunaught Singh was summoned to the stand by State Prosecutor Mercedes Thompson. Thompson is working in association with Attorney -at –Law, Natasha Backer.
Singh told the court that he arrested the accused and later procured a caution statement from him at Sparendaam Police Station. He said that in that statement the accused detailed the incidents leading up to the alleged murder.
“Officer he (Rowley) beat me brother and me mother and me bore he because he lash me with a chain,” the policeman said that the statement read.
The witness said that the accused told him that he was asleep that day, when he was awakened by his younger brother.
“When I wake up I see me brother, Sherwin, head buss and I see Rasta man (Rowley) had a big chain in he hand and he saying that nobody can’t pass through the fence.
“I run outside and tell he can do that. He push ma mother and I look around for a piece a wood fuh lash he but I see a knife by he step and I pick it up. He lash me with the chain across meh back and I tek the knife and bore pun he neck for defend meself and he fall down,” the policeman read the statement aloud to the court yesterday.
Singh explained that statement was freely and voluntarily given by the accused.
“We used no force or inducement of any kind during the procurement of the caution statement.”
Singh was the third police witness to take the stand. His testimony followed the evidence of two other police officers, Corporal Lincoln Fraser and Detective Corporal Rawlin Beharry.
Fraser testified to witnessing a post mortem examination, which was conducted on the victim’s body, while Beharry told the court that he visited the crime scene, sometime after the incident occurred.

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