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Two Colours murder trial…Cops retrieved bullets, spent shells at crime scene
Bullets and spent shells were among the items gathered at the Crime Scene when police officers visited the area in which Cosmetologist Ashimini Harriram is said to have been murdered.
Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours”
On July 10, 2014, Harriram was shot once to her neck moments after she disembarked a minibus along the Lusignan Railway Embankment.
On the day of the incident, the shooter reportedly exited a burgundy-coloured motor car, whipped out a gun and shot the teen then took away her mobile phone and left the scene.
Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours” and taxi driver, Melroy Doris, were subsequently arrested and charged with the murder.
Yesterday, Police Corporal Patrick Benjamin told the court that upon receipt of information, he visited the scene of the crime. Benjamin recalled on that on July 10, 2014, he visited the scene after receiving the information.
The witness told the court that during his investigation, he retrieved warheads and spent shells from the roadway at Lusignan Railway Embankment. The witness said that he and the other officers took photographic exposures of the crime scene. The photographs were tendered and marked as exhibits in court, yesterday.
The policeman also told the court that he visited the Georgetown Public Hospital morgue, where he viewed the body of the deceased.
According to the witness, Harriram had a wound to her mouth and the back of her head. The High Court trial of Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours” and Melroy Doris commenced last Thursday before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a mixed 12 member -jury.
Last week, Police Sergeant, Collin Ross, faced intense questioning regarding the murder investigations. Wayne‘s Counsel, Nigel Hughes, specifically asked the witness about his client‘s physical condition during the time of investigation and taking of the statement.
The policeman said that he noticed injuries on Wayne’s arm but he made no record of it in the station diary. Officer Ross noted that he would have had to sustain the injuries before reaching the Vigilance Police Station.
However, the attorney suggested to the policeman that Wayne had been burned. Hughes suggested to the witness that the police had used methylated spirits as a combustible substance to set his client’s arm alight during the interrogation.
To which Ross replied, “No sir I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Hughes further suggested to the witness that he instituted charges against Wayne after it became known that he made certain allegations against members of the Guyana Police Force in relation to another murder.
The witness also denied the allegation. The policeman’s testimony was followed by the evidence led by Sharon Pryce. Pryce told the court that she is the owner of the Burgundy 212 car, which Doris used as a taxi during the year 2014.
Pryce revealed to the court that the car had only been bought a few months before Doris began utilising it as a taxi. Pryce is among eight witnesses to testify in the trial to be called by State Prosecutors, Shawnette Austin, Mandel Moore and Tamieka Clarke. A Voir Dire has since commenced into the matter.
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