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Jun 14, 2014 News
Three witnesses were called to testify in the matter in which Meadow Bank Fish vendor Quaison Jones, called ‘Blondie,’ is on trial for murder.
Jones is accused of killing another fish vendor on Januray17, 2011.
The victim, Marlon Greene was reportedly stabbed several times while in the vicinity of a wharf at Meadow Bank, East Bank Demerara.
On Wednesday, a mixed twelve member jury was empanelled before Justice Navindra Singh, at the Georgetown Supreme Court.
Yesterday, State Prosecutrix, Judith Gildharie Mursalin called three persons who are said to have witnessed the incident, to the stand.
These are businessman Steven Vieira, a resident of Meadow Bank, his daughter Michelle Vieira and brother of the deceased, Rondell Singh.
The businessman told the court that he had known both the victim and the accused for number of years. He said that although they were not related, he treated Greene as if he was a member of his family.
Vieira recalled that on the day in question, he looked out his window and saw the accused and the victim fighting. He claimed that he saw “Blondie,” pull a knife and started to stab Greene.
The witness said that he shouted and ran from his house to where the men were, in an effort to stop the fight. However, before he got there, Greene was already wounded. He said that the wounded man was quickly hoisted into a vehicle and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The next witness, Michelle Vieira said that she heard a loud argument and saw what appeared to be a fight between Blondie and her cousin (Greene).
“I see Blondie and my cousin and my brother André look like he trying to part them… I see Blondie hands moving up and down. At the time, I thought Blondie was cuffing Marlon because I was running towards them.”
She said that when she got close enough, she noticed that Blondie had a long knife in his hands. The knife had what appeared to be blood on it.
“Marlon was lying on the road, on the left side of his neck had a hole, blood was pouring out of it.”
Under cross examination by Defense Counsel George Thomas, the witness agreed that she could not say who started the fight, but she did not see Marlon hit Blondie.
The victim’s brother, Rondell Singh claimed that he also tried to separate the two men. “When I push Blondie he turn to me and say watch how yuh mek I kill he…then he left and run straight at the back at the wharf and get away.”
The defense later suggested to the witness that his statement was not accurate …”because it was not written in his deposition.
The witness then told the court that he cannot read or write and therefore cannot say what is written in the deposition. The Judge then perused the document and found that those words were not written in the evidence.
On Thursday, Andre Vieira told the court that he was cleaning fish with the victim on the day that he was stabbed. He said that Greene was working along with him, but had left to buy cigarettes. He said that he tried to intervene after he heard Greene and Blondie arguing. Vieira said that he saw the accused stab the victim several times. He claimed that the two men had a misunderstanding two days prior to the incident.
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