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Man on trial for murder of dredge owner
Suspect: Marlon Freeman
The trial of Marlon Marian Freeman, of Hodge Lane, Linden, who has denied responsibility for the December 22, 2013 murder of dredge owner, Timothy Adams, commenced yesterday before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
The killing occurred at Turtle Creek Road, Five Star Back dam, North West District.
Freeman is being represented by Attorney-at-law, Folio Richards; while State Counsel Mandel Moore and State Counsel, Lisa Cave are appearing for the prosecution.
Taking the witness box, yesterday, was Detective Corporal Collis Duke who is stationed at the Matthew’s Ridge Police Station and attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Corporal Duke told the court that during December 2013, he was stationed at the Matthew’s Ridge Police Station and attached to CID.
According to the police witness, on December 23, 2013 he was performing duties at the Matthew’s Ridge Police Station when Corporal James contacted him via telephone and gave him certain instructions.
As a result, Corporal Duke said that he left the police station on an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) for a suspected murder scene at Turtle Creek Road, Five Star Back dam, North West District.
On arrival, the police witness said that he met one Gavin Joseph who offered to take him to the suspected murder scene.
Corporal Duke told the court that he arrived at the suspected murder scene around 15:30hrs. He said that upon examining the murder scene, he found an ATV bearing number plate CJ 6335 which was facing north in a stationary position. The detective said that on further checking the scene, he found the motionless body of a man lying face down in a clump position at the western side of the ATV.
According to the detective, he later learnt that the man was Timothy Adams, a gold miner/dredge owner of Queenstown, Georgetown. He recalled that the body bore a wound about 10 cm from which a red substance, suspected to be blood, was oozing.
The witness recalled leaving Turtle Creek Road, Five Star Bac dam at around 18:00hrs the said day for Pakera District Hospital where Adams was examined by a Medex and pronounced dead on arrival. The cop recounted that the following day, he left the Pakera District Hospital for the Port Kaituma Community Hospital where Adams’s remains were placed in the morgue pending a post mortem examination to be done.
A few days later, Corporal Duke told the court, he flew via a private chartered plane to Georgetown transporting the remains to the Georgetown Public
Dead: Timothy Adams
Hospital for a post mortem examination to be conducted.
Dr. Nehaul Singh (Government Pathologist), the witness added, performed the post mortem examination after which he gave the cause of death before handing the body over to Adams’s family for burial.
“On December 31, 2013 at 16:00hrs, I was present at the Le Repentir Cemetery where I witnessed the burial of Timothy Adams.” On January 10, 2014, the detective said that he visited Dr. Nehaul Singh’s office at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown from where he obtained the original post mortem report in favour of Adams.
Corporal Duke said that he later tendered the post mortem report in the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Courts. Justice Bovell-Drakes subsequently consented to the post mortem report being tendered and admitted as an exhibit in the trial which is continuing.
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