No.2 accused in rape/murder of Mocha schoolgirl impotent

THE judge and jury in the continuing rape/murder trial of accused Jevon Wharton, 23, and Charles Cush, 21, heard yesterday that the Number Two accused is impotent.This disclosure came from the witness, Rosanne Cush, mother and prosecution witness, while being under cross-examination by defence counsel, Mr. George Thomas.

It followed a statement by Prosecutrix Mrs. Judith Mursalin in her opening address to the jury that “these two men in the dock, Jevon Wharton and Charles Cush, have been charged with the felony-murder of Sade Stoby, nine years and three months.
In explaining the offence, the prosecutrix, who is appearing for the DPP, in association with lawyer Mr. Lloyd Mark Conway, had also said that the offence is proved by the slightest penetration by the accused.
She also old them, “You have to look at the case against each one of them separately even though they are being tried together.
The prosecution witness, Wendella Knights of 344 Cemetery Road, Mocha Arcadia, testified that Cush was her nephew, and claimed that the police were accusing him of the murder of Sade Stoby at Barnwell, North Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara.
Continuing, she said that as a result of information received by her, she went to Ruimveldt Police Station. On arrival, her nephew was there and the police were questioning him about the alleged murder.
She said that on November 6, 2007 about 5.30 pm she was at the police station when the police took a statement from her nephew.
When the statements were taken from her nephew, no one forced, threatened, promised or assaulted or made use of inducements to him in her presence. Cush was taken to a doctor at Grove. The doctor examined Cush’s back, and said he had a lot of scratches on his back. The witness said that she told the doctor that her nephew lives in Mocha, Barnwell M, where there is a lot of razor grass, and the doctor said that what he had seen were fingernail marks.
According to her, the doctor examined the penis of the accused and wrote on a piece of paper and gave the paper to the police. The witness said that when the doctor said the marks were fingernail marks, her nephew remained silent.
Witness said that a confrontation between the accused and another man was held, and the other man was saying that he did not know what her nephew was talking about.
Under cross-examination by Mr. Thomas, counsel asked the witness Rosanne Cush, “Were you in the bus with your son and the deceased’s relative?”
She replied: “Yes.”
He next asked: “They took him to the Providence Station?”
Cush again replied: “Yes.”
“Did you see anyone hit him?”
“Not in my presence.”
“Does your son have any medical complications that you know of?” “Yes, he never used to get stand/erection.”
“How do you know that?”
“We used to look at him when he wake up, and we used to play with him and he never used to get erection.”
The jury asked this question of the witness: “Did you take the witness to the doctor about him not getting erection?”
“No, I used to fast and pray.”
The jury also heard from another witness of the prosecution that the accused Charles Cush admitted seeing Saddie on a bridge on the day in question but denied that he ever assaulted her. According to the witness the accused had said that he saw two other boys around but claimed that all the girl asked him to do that day was to pull a cane from the punt for her which he did.
The hearing is continuing before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury.