THE preliminary inquiry into the death of secondary schoolteacher Kescia Branche commenced yesterday. A 47-year-old taxi driver, Matthew Munroe, is charged with her murder.

On Thursday, Osafo Felix, a policeman who is attached to the Crime Laboratory as a photographer, testified in Magistrate Judy Latchman’s court. He told the court that on November 10, 2017 he was called to perform duty at the Georgetown Public Hospital and while there he took photographic exposures of a motionless body.
The second witness was Officer Nedd Slatun who is attached to the crime lab. His evidence has been suspended until May 9, 2018.

Branche, a mother of one, who resided in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, was last seen on November 4, 2017, when she left for a night out with friends.
However, she was found in an unconscious state in the vicinity of Princes Street and Louisa Row the following day. Her left leg was broken and there was evidence that she had sustained multiple head injuries.

The Richard Ishmael Secondary School teacher died at the Georgetown Public Hospital two days later. A post-mortem indicated death was as a result of brain haemorrhage.