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Four more witnesses to testify in Norton Street murder PI
The preliminary inquiry (PI) yesterday continued into the murder of Marlon Seon Rodney called ‘George’ who was shot and killed April last year.
Osafa Grundell, 39, called ‘Safo’ of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown and James Fraser, 21, called ‘Dab’ of Garnett Street, Georgetown are on remand for Rodney’s murder.
Remanded: James Fraser called ‘Dab’
When the matter was called, police prosecutor Dominic Bess called on Inspector Suraj Singh to testify. After the officer finished testifying, prosecutor Bess then called on a civilian witness, Shaquille Deon, to finish testifying into Rodney’s murder.
After the witnesses testified, they were both subject to cross-examination by Grundell’s attorney, Mark Waldron.
Police Prosecutor Bess, who is representing the state in this matter, informed the court that there are four witnesses remaining to testify.
The matter was adjourned to March 25, 2020.
The men are before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where the PI is being heard. They were not allowed to plead to the indictable charge, which alleged that between April 25 and April 30 last, at Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, they murdered Rodney.
According to reports, 35-year-old Marlon Rodney, a taxi driver of 71 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, was involved in an argument with three individuals.
Remanded: Osafo Grundell called ‘Safo’
The men had reportedly pulled out guns and discharged several rounds at Rodney, who was hit in the left leg. A passerby was also shot in the process.
The injured men were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where the passerby was treated and sent away and Rodney was admitted in a critical condition. He later succumbed to his injuries.
On October 25, 2019, 36-year-old Collin Rodney of 70 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, went missing along with his silver grey Toyota Allion bearing registration number PRR 1076. He is the cousin of the deceased and the main witness in relation to the murder.
One week after Collin Rodney went missing, the police made a gruesome find of the burnt remains of a body in the trunk of a car, which was found torched.
The discovery was made at a desolate and swampy area at Letter T backlands, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, an area that is surrounded by coconut estates and rice fields. This was after an anonymous caller contacted ranks at the Weldaad Police Station to say that a car was being torched at the location.
Police have since confirmed the chassis number on the burnt vehicle to be that of the dead man’s car.
Following an “inconclusive” post mortem examination done on the remains found in the burnt car, the police conducted DNA testing from samples taken from the corpse.
After samples were matched against family members, months after the results came back positive.
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