The prosecution closed its case yesterday against murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart. Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 32-year-old Damian Trotman on March 21, 2019. Trotman, 32, of Highland, St Philip, was gunned down in Sheraton Centre in the area of the food court. King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim along with attorneys Sian Lange and Kamesha Benjamin are expected to begin their …
Murder accused Hakeem Roberto Stuart was never formally identified as the person who shot and killed Damian Trotman in Sheraton Mall two years ago.That was the admission of lead investigator Inspector Dwayne Cumberbatch when Stuart’s murder trial continued on Monday in the No. 3 Supreme Court.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of murdering Trotman on March 21, 2019.Under cross-examination from Stuart’s attorney-at-law, King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim, Cumberbatch said no one who was at the popular Christ Church mall when the incident occurred had pinpointed the accused as the shooter.“Was there any witness saying they saw the accused and identified him as the perpetrator?” Pilgrim asked.
Video evidence was today admitted in the murder trial of Hakeem Roberto Stuart.Sergeant Misheau Walcott, a digital forensic examiner at the Digital Forensic Lab, Regional Security System (RSS), took to the witness stand where he revealed that video footage, images and photos were taken from 11 locations at Sheraton Mall and its environs on the day Damian Trotman was gunned down in the popular Christ Church mall.He was giving evidence as Stuart’s murder trial continued before Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of murdering Trotman on March 31, 2019.Sergeant Walcott, an expert witness, testified that the video footage, images and photos were taken from several businesses at Sheraton Mall including Going Places Travel Agency, Digicel, First Caribbean Bank and Candy Palace.
A reporter from the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) today admitted that while she was at Sheraton Centre two years ago when a deadly shooting took place, she did not see anyone with a gun.Reann Phillips gave the testimony from the witness stand in the murder trial of Hakeem Roberto Stuart in the No. 3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of murdering Damian Trotman on March 31, 2019.Phillips told the court she was on assignment at the Christ Church mall when the incident took place.“On that day I was assigned by my editor at CBC to cover a walkthrough by members of the National Disabilities Unit at Sheraton Centre. That was scheduled to start at 1:30 [p.m] so I was partnered with Christopher Wood who was the videographer at CBC and we went to Sheraton to cover the assignment.
Five visually-impaired people today recounted the horrors of being at Sheraton Mall the day a man was shot dead.Kerryann Ifill, Granville Carter, Constantine Maloney, Rudiyard Welch and Alinda Brathwaite, who are all blind, took to the witness stand in the No. 3 Supreme Court to give evidence as the murder trial of Hakeem Roberto Stuart continued.Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, is accused of murdering Damian Trotman on March 31, 2019.Ifill, a former President of the Barbados Senate and president of the Barbados Council for the Disabled, told the court she was at the popular Christ Church mall on the date in question as part of activities to celebrate the Month of the Disabled.She said as she was about to answer a question from a reporter when she heard three loud explosions.