JUSTICE James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury yesterday began hearing a story about how Sharmin Mc Kay was found dead after being in the company of her lover, Marlon Braithwaite.

According to prosecutor, Dhanika Singh, the couple were at their home at Bare Root, East Coast, Demerara on June 15th 2009, when Sharmin was found with several chops about the body.  She later died.
The father of the girl, Edmond Booker, testified that, on the day in question, he left the couple at their home and went to sit at a koker a short distance away when he saw the accused ride past on a bicycle with a haversack on his back. He was wearing what appeared to be a bloody shirt.
Booker said he did not suspect anything, but when he returned home shortly afterwards, he saw a crowd and noticed that his daughter was injured. He said he went upstairs of the two-flat, two-bedroom building, but did not find anything.
In answer to defence counsel, Mr. Bernard De Santos,SC., witness admitted that when he went upstairs, he had not gone in search of the accused, Marlon, because he explained that Marlon had earlier rode past him with what appeared to be a bloody shirt.
In answer to further questions, the witness Booker said he was not aware that the accused was a painter by profession, but he knew that a painter was likely to have paint on his clothing.
In answer to the prosecution, witness said that on the morning when he left the couple at home, no other person was there in the wooden, one-flat, 2-bedroom building.
Booker said he was sitting on the koker, which was about 50 rods away from the home, for about half an hour when Marlon rode past on a bicycle with a haversack. He had on a dark pants and a shirt which appeared to have something looking like blood on the front of the shirt.
The witness said that at the house a lady named Miss Joyce, a neighbour, was among the crowd that took his daughter to hospital, where she died.
Witness first admitted to defence counsel that he did not have a daughter at Melanie Damishana, but later agreed that he had several daughters, one of whom used to live at Melanie Damishana.
Witness said he had spent time at that daughter, but he never lived at her home. That daughter’s name, he said, is Sarlin.
Witness also denied defence suggestions that he was not sitting on the koker bridge that day, and that his story about that incident was untrue.
The trial continues today before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury.