Latest update December 23rd, 2024 3:40 AM
Daughter of murdered beautician recalls fatal incident
The teenage daughter of murdered beautician, Latoya Conway-Woolford, told the court yesterday that on February 8, 2009 her stepfather, Charles Anthony Woolford, had plunged a knife into her mother’s stomach.
Murder Accused: Charles Anthony Woolford
Marciana Conway, a17 year- old who is said to have witnessed the stabbing, testified via audio/video link (Skype) yesterday.
The teenager currently resides in Queens, New York. She recalled that on the day of the incident, her mother was in the bedroom when her stepdad entered, turned her mother around and stabbed her with a shiny brown handle knife.
Conway said that her mother began to scream and stumbled in the direction of a window in the bedroom. However, given a legal matter, which is being sorted out in the absence of the jury, the teenager’s testimony was cut short. She is scheduled to continue her evidence on Wednesday.
Conway was only 11 years old at the time of the incident. According to reports, Woolford is said to have fatally stabbed his wife on February 8, 2009 at her Lot 2041, Hummingbird Street, Festival City, North Ruimveldt home, allegedly during a heated argument.
The hairdresser, and mother of three, is said to have had her stomach sliced open during the ordeal. She succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) while receiving treatment.
Woolford, a self-employed construction worker at the time, tried to end his life by ingesting what is believed to be a poisonous liquid, a few hours after learning of his wife’s demise. He was hospitalized but was later released to face the murder charge.
Woolford is facing his second retrial for the murder of his beautician wife, before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a twelve -member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown. The last two trials ended in hung jury verdicts.
The accused is currently being represented by Attorney –at –Law, Peter Hugh. Prosecutors Mercedes Thompson and Michael Shahoud are presenting the State‘s case.
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