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Slain beautician’s husband leads own defence, set to call witness
Charles Anthony Woolford is set to call a witness to the trial he is facing for the murder of his wife, Latoya Conway Woolford.
Woolford was fatally stabbed on February 8, 2009 at her Lot 2041, Hummingbird Street, Festival City, North Ruimveldt home, allegedly during a heated argument with her husband.
The victim, a 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.
The husband, who was a self-employed construction worker at the time, tried to end his life by ingesting what was 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.
Murder Accused: Charles Anthony Woolford
While leading his defence on Friday, Woolford told a mixed panel of jurors in the court room of Justice Brassington Reynolds, that he is innocent of the murder. The accused is facing his second retrial for the murder of his beautician wife.
Last week, state witnesses, Talia Rayside and Marciana Conway, the victim’s daughter testified. Both witnesses said that they were present when the incident occurred.
Conway testified that she witnessed the stabbing. She said that on February 8, 2009 her stepfather, Charles Anthony Woolford, plunged a knife into her mother’s stomach.
The witness was just 11 when the stabbing occurred. In her evidence, Conway 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 handled knife.
Conway related that her mother began to scream and stumble across the room in the direction of a window.
Meanwhile, Rayside, the victim’s cousin, who resided at the top flat of the two-storey house, which the couple and their children also occupied, recalled hearing screams coming from downstairs.
The witness said that she later learnt that her cousin Latoya had been injured during an altercation with her husband.
The matter is scheduled to continue on Wednesday at the High Court in Georgetown. State Prosecutors in the case are Mercedes Thompson and Michael Shahoud. Attorney–at–Law, Peter Hugh is representing the accused.
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