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Lamaha Springs murder…. Man freed of killing lover’s estranged husband
Aniki Jones stared in disbelief even after it was announced that he was freed of a murder
Freed: Aniki Jones
charge, yesterday. Jones had been on trial at the Georgetown High Court for the murder of his girlfriend’s estranged husband.
Jones, whose last known address was listed as Lamaha Springs, Georgetown, was accused of murdering Carl Garnett on December 15, 2013.
Initial reports suggested that Garnett was armed with a cutlass and went to the home of the accused in Lamaha Springs and dealt him several chops.
Garnett would have called Jones’s home to speak with the child that he shared with his estranged wife. However, following a disagreement over the phone, Garnett is said to have armed himself with a cutlass and confronted Jones at his home.
A fight ensued between the two and left both parties injured.
The two men were then taken into the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where Garnett, a 42-year-old father of four from Sophia, Greater Georgetown, succumbed as a result of the injuries received.
Jones underwent a trial at the Georgetown High Court before Justice Nareshwar Harnanan and a mixed 12-member jury.
A no case submission presented by Jones’s Attorney, Mark Conway, was upheld by the Court. Jones was stunned. In fact, Jones sat in the prisoner’s dock even after he was told by the Judge that he was free to go. Justice Harnanan had directed the jury to formally return a verdict of not guilty in relation to the murder charge.
During the trial, Detective Superintendent of Police, Joel David detailed a statement to the court, which he said Jones gave to the police.
Detective David was called to the stand by State Prosecutors Shawnette Austin, Siand Dhurjon and Lisa Case.
According to the statement, which Officer David read to the court, the accused admitted that he was engaged in an altercation with Garnett before the man’s death.
In his caution statement, the accused told police that he was in a relationship with a woman who had left her husband.
The statement outlined that Jones believed that the woman’s husband was not pleased that she was with him. However, they lived as husband and wife.
On the day of incident, Jones told the police that he overheard a conversation between Rhonda and her husband — it sounded as though they were having an argument.
Approximately 10 minutes later, Jones said that Garnett walked into his house armed with a cutlass and an altercation ensued between them.
According to the statement, Jones told investigators that he was very sorry for what happened to Garnett as a result of the altercation.
”Ah sorry bad, I wish he bin live,” the accused concluded his statement by saying.
Additionally, in her evidence, the victim’s daughter, Ameena Garnett had recalled she helped her mother separate her father and Jones who were engaged in a fight.
After she pulled them apart, Garnett said that she noticed that Jones was bleeding.
She admitted that she took a cutlass from her father and threw it through a window. Garnett told the court too that she did not see any injuries on her father but that he was unconscious.
The men were eventually taken away by the police and she later saw them at the hospital—— her father remained unconscious but Jones had on bandages.
The witness reported that her father eventually passed away.
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