THE Robb Street, Bourda, murder trial of Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris yesterday continued in the High Court before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury with several policemen and a prison officer testifying.

Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Simon Reid told the court that he conducted two police identification parades in which two of the four accused, Orwin Hinds and Roy Jacobs were pointed out by Fitzroy Fiedtkou, brother of the deceased as the two men who were in the yard the night his sister was gunned down at her Lot 42 Robb Street home.

Defence Counsel George Thomas sought clarification on the description of the suspects who were placed in two separate identification parades along with seven other men of the same height, skin tone, age and weight.

Reid said he was given a brief description of the suspects and his story was not a fabricated one as he was there to ensure the identification parades were done correctly.

Maxwell Mc Kay in his cross-examination said that his client Roy Jacobs did not object to being placed with other men in an identification parade after he was told he was a suspect in the murder on June 30, 2011.

Reid, when questioned, could not say who were tasked with gathering the other seven men to be placed in the said identification parade since he was simply the holder of the parade and the men were presented to him.

Roy Jacobs, called ‘Black boy” and “Chippy” after being pointed out as one of two men who entered Fiedtkou-Parris’ yard on the night in question said, “I was on the road, Troy was in the car, Dutchie went in the house and shoot the lady.”

Another police witness, Detective Constable H. Deonarine, told the court that he was present to witness the identification parade conducted by Simon Reid in which Roy Jacobs was picked out at Brickdam Criminal Investigations Department via a one-way mirror.

Meanwhile, Corporal Dharmendra Inderpaul said he was also present during the same identification parade in which Orwin Hinds called “Redman” was pointed out by the brother of Fiedtkou-Parris. After that Hinds is alleged to have said, “I didn’t went into the house, I was on the steps when Dutchie went into the house and kill the lady.”

Prison Officer Mervin Tyrell and police witness Corporal David Hunte also testified.

Orin Hinds, called “Redman,” of Burnham Boulevard, Mocha, East Bank Demerara; Kevin October called, “Troy,” of Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara; Cleon Hinds, and Roy Jacobs called “Chippie” or “Black Boy” of Evans Street, Charlestown, are facing trial for murder.

According to the indictment, the four men murdered Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris pursuant to an arrangement whereby money was to be passed from one person to another.
On the evening of June 30, 2011, two men went to Fiedtkou-Parris’s Robb Street home asking for ‘Auntie,’ a title by which she was called. They went directed up a side step and as Fiedtkou-Parris emerged from her bedroom, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot her several times to the upper part of her body.
The men then jumped into a waiting car while, the injured woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The trial continues today.
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