Sufficient evidence to convict accused for murder

State Prosecutor Tamieka Clarke submitted Thursday that sufficient evidence has been produced to the court to convict the two men accused of killing cosmetologist, Ashmini Harriram, for murder. Lennox Wayne called “Two Colours,” and Melroy Doris, are on trial for the murder which occurred on July 10, 2014. Harriram 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. Wayne and Doris, a taxi driver, were subsequently arrested and charged with the murder. Their trial is ongoing before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Georgetown High Court. During her closing address to the jury yesterday, Clarke waded into the arguments of the defence in relation the murder. Clarke noted that the defence had contended that the number one accused, Wayne, had marks of violence about his arms and body, purportedly inflicted during a police interrogation at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, but the accused has no scars to support this argument. Clarke pointed out that Wayne had worn a short sleeve shirt during the trial, but there were no visible scars on his arms.

“Surely the marks would have still been visible,” Clarke added. The Prosecutor further stated while the defence had claimed that police officer Rodwell Sarrabo admitted that Wayne had no injuries when he left Criminal Investigation Department, (CID) “Sarrabo never said that; he said he could not recall whether he (Wayne) had any injuries”. Clarke then asked the jury to disregard the theory put forward by Wayne that he was arrested and charged with the murder after the police found out he had filtered information about a few officers in relation to a similar investigation. She noted rather that Wayne had supplied the information eight months after he was in custody. Clarke said it is her view that he decided to squeal on the officers to possibly get a deal, given that he was already in jail for the murder of Harriram. (Kaieteurnews.com)