Eyewitness in parade had already picked out murder suspect
WOMAN Police Inspector, Crystal Robinson, who conducted an ID Parade on December 15, 2006 when the murder suspect, Sherwin Smith, who had already been identified by the said witness, told Justice Roxanne George and the jury yesterday: “Had I known of that development, I would not have held the parade. Because, in such a case, the holding of an ID Parade would be a breach of the suspect’s rights.”
The eyewitness Gilshan Bess, whose reputed husband, Terence Anderson was allegedly shot and killed at his Sophia home on December 7, 2006, had visited  the La Grange Police Station two days before the regular ID Parade at Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, when, on seeing a prisoner on a bench in the station, shouted: “This is the same man that shot Terrence, my children’s father and robbed me at my Sophia home.”
Two days later, Bess attended an ID Parade at Vreed-en-Hoop where she identified the same man, which she said, at La Grange Police Station, was the murderer.

Yesterday, after giving evidence of the ID Parade of eight men including the suspect that she carried out at Vreed-en-Hoop, Inspector Crystal Robinson was cross-examined by defence counsel Mr. Peter Hugh.
The inspector, in answer to questions, told the lawyer that had she known the witness, Bess, had already identified the alleged murderer, she would not have held the Identification Parade at Vreed-en-Hoop.
Because that parade would have been unnecessary and a breach of the suspect’s rights under the Constitution, she stated.
Earlier, the witness had stated to the court that when she identified the prisoner at La Grange, he had a bandage on the side of his head covering a bloody wound.
According to her, when she attended the ID Parade two days later, he was still wearing the bandage.
Yesterday, defence counsel Hugh questioned the inspector about her knowledge in relation to the bandage on the head and enquired whether anyone on parade, including the suspect, had any bandage on the head.
Again, the inspector denied seeing any bandage and declared that had she seen any bandage, she would not have held the ID Parade.
Another witness who testified yesterday was Sgt. Eon Jackson, the Police Firearm and Ammunition expert.
After being deemed an expert by the court, Jackson, whose testimony about arms and ammunition has been accepted by the courts in this country, exhibited to the jury a number of pellets that were extracted from the head of the deceased during a post mortem examination.
According to him, the pellets were sent to him for analyst examination and he found that they were discharged from a 12-guage gun.
The hearing continues today before Justice Roxanne George, the mixed jury and prosecutors Miss Konyo Sandiford and Miss Zamilla Ally.