A TWELVE-MEMBER jury was on Tuesday morning empanelled before Justice Nareshwar Harnanan in the Georgetown High Court for the trial into the December 15, 2013 murder of Carl Garnett.

On trial is Aniki Jones, who pleaded not guilty to the offence and is being represented by attorney-at-law, Mark Conway in association with Keoma Griffith. The state prosecutors are Shawnette Austin, Siand Dhurjon and Lisa Cave.

It is alleged that on the day in question at about 19:00hrs, linesman Carl Garnett, with whom Jones had earlier had a heated argument over the phone, made good on a threat and went over to Jones’ home with a cutlass and just started to chop him up.

According to reports, both men suffered severe injuries during the exchange, and had to be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Unfortunately,Garnett,42,succumbed to his injuries, and Jones, who reportedly admitted to inflicting the fatal blow, was subsequently charged.

Reports are that the reason the two men had come to blows was because the deceased, who is the father of Jones’ girlfriend’s four children, had called to speak with them.