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Two Colours murder trial… Police recorded interview between police and accused
Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours”
Police Witness, Carlson Rockcliffe, told the court yesterday that he recorded the interview between investigators and the second named accused in the murder of cosmetologist, Ashmini Harriram.
Harriram is said to have been murdered on July 10, 2014. The cosmetologist was shot once to her neck moments after she disembarked a minibus along the Lusignan Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara.
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.
The witness told the court that in 2014 he was attached to Police Crime lab of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Eve Leary.
Rockcliffe told the court that upon request of officers at the Cove and John Police Station he took a video record of an interview between ranks and Melroy Doris.
He told the court that the video record was saved on a disc and placed in an evidence envelope and stored at the police headquarters. The court is scheduled to view the tape during the trial.
Yesterday Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, testified that based on his post-mortem examination, the 19 year old cosmetologist died as a result of respiratory failure due to gunshot injuries to the spine. The Pathologist explained that based on his examination, the victim was shot in the mouth, and the bullet exited the back of her head.
Ashmini Harriram
The witnesses are among ten persons to take the stand in the trial of Wayne, and his co-accused, Doris. The duo is facing a trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a mixed Jury at the Georgetown High Court. The matter is being presented by State Prosecutors, Shawnette Austin, Mandel Moore and Tamieka Clarke
On Tuesday, Police Corporal Patrick Benjamin told the court that he visited the scene of the crime and retrieved bullets and spent shells from the roadway at Lusignan Railway Embankment. The witness said that he and the other officers also took photographs of the crime scene.
The policeman said that he visited the Georgetown Public Hospital morgue, where he viewed the body of the deceased.
He noted that Harriram had a wound to her mouth and the back of her head. 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 have sustained 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. Ross denied the suggestions. A voir dire has since been conducted into the matter.
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