Vanessa Kirkland Trial | Witness details robbery by men in Suzuki vehicle
Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 9:44 AM
Nickoy Wilson, Gleaner Writer
A witness, who yesterday testified to being robbed in Portmore, St Catherine by men travelling in a blue Suzuki motor car, is this morning expected to continue to give testimony when the Vanessa Kirkland murder trial resumes in Kingston's Home Circuit Court.
Yesterday, he testified that sometime after 8 p.m. on March 20, 2012, he was robbed of his phone.
When the witness takes the stand today, he is also expected to input his password in the phone which is an exhibit in the case.
Constables Anna-Kay Bailey, Durvin Hayles and Andrewain Smith on trial for the 2012 murder of Kirkland, the 16-year-old Immaculate Conception High School student who was travelling in the Suzuki when it was intercepted by the police.
Under examination by attorney-at-law Nadine Guy, the witness said he was sitting outside his brother’s house messaging on his Blackberry Curve phone when a blue Suzuki Swift motor car drive up and a man exited the vehicle.
He said the man then approached him and demanded his phone.
“No bother loud me up, gi me the phone," the witness said he was told by the man.
The witness said he engaged the man in a tug-of-war as he was reluctant to give up his phone.
Eventually, another man armed with what appeared to be a gun also approached him making similar demands.
He said fearing for his life, he decided to give the men his phone and the keys to his motorcycle.
The witness said the men then returned to the car and drove off,
He said he took note the car's licence plate.
The witness told the court that he and his brother went in pursuit of the vehicle and tailed it and eventually filed a report at the Waterford Police Station.
The witness said later that night he was called to the scene of a shooting on Norman Lane in St Andrew where he identified his mobile phone and keys, which were taken from the same blue Suzuki Swift he reported to the police.
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