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2015 Christmas Day murder trial commences
Murder accused: Mark Greaves
The trial of Mark Trevor Greaves, who is accused of fatally stabbing Owen Frederick, a/k “Fluffy” on Christmas Day 2015, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
Greaves, 56, of Albouystown, Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to the murder indictment on his arraignment. The murder accused is being represented by Attorney-at-Law George Thomas. Appearing for the State are Prosecutors Abigail Gibbs and Shawnette Austin.
In disclosing the facts of the matter, Prosecutor Gibbs said that on December 25, 2015, Greaves and Fredericks were involved in a heated argument.
The prosecutor said that during the argument, Greaves stabbed Fredericks to the neck.
She said that the injured man was rushed to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Vikekanand Brijmohan, was the first witness to take the stand.
Dr. Brijmohan recalled performing an autopsy on the remains of Fredericks on December 30, 2015 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary. According to the doctor, there was a 1.8cm stab wound to the left upper neck of Fredericks’ body.
The wound, the Pathologist said, severed a main artery in the man’s neck.
Dr. Brijmohan stated that after examining Frederick’s corpse, he gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to a stab wound.
Also testifying was Earlando Barton. He is the nephew of the deceased.
Barton told the court that he last saw his uncle alive on December 25, 2015, when he came to visit his Charlotte Street, Georgetown residence.
The witness said that he learnt of his uncle’s demise on December 27, 2015 after reading the Kaieteur News. As a result, Barton recalled that he visited the Ruimveldt Police Station from where police ranks escorted him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary where he identified the body of his uncle.
The witness recounted that he and his mother visited the public hospital’s mortuary on December 30, 2015 when a post mortem examination was conducted on his uncle’s body.
Police Constable Detective Leslie Williams, who is attached to the Crime Laboratory at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Eve Leary, Georgetown, also gave evidence.
Constable Williams, a Police Photographer, said that on the day in question he visited the crime scene at Lot 33 James Street Albouystown, Georgetown, where he took several photographic exposures of what appeared to be suspected bloodstains on the northern side of the lot.
After capturing the photographic exposure, the witness said that he returned to the Crime Laboratory and printed several photographs.
The detective said that on March 9, 2016, he tendered the photographs which were admitted as evidence during a Preliminary Inquiry in the Magistrates’ Courts.
Also testifying was former Police Constable Xavier Vasconcellos whose testimony was taken via Skype from Miami. Vasconcellos recalled that on December 25, 2015, he was performing duties at the Ruimveldt Police Station when at about 19:00hrs, he was instructed by Inspector Herbert Henry to escort Greaves, who was a prisoner at the time, to Diamond Diagnostic Centre, East Bank Demerara.
According to the former cop, on arrival at the hospital, Greaves was seen by a doctor after which he was escorted to the Golden Grove Police Station, East Bank Demerara, where he was placed in custody. Inspector Herbert Henry, the Officer in Charge of Crime at the Ruimveldt Police Station was among the other witnesses who testified.
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