Final witnesses to take stand today

THE final two witnesses in the 2015 murder of Akeem Yorrick are expected to take the stand today before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court.

On trial for the indictment is Kevin Francis, who is accused of killing Yorrick on August 5, 2015, at Sparendaam Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.
Francis is being represented by attorney-at-law Maxwell McKay. The state prosecutors are Tuanna Hardy and Teriq Mohammed.

On Thursday, retired Police Inspector Eon Jackson (the ballistic expert); Frank Yorrick, the father of the deceased; and Prosecutor Sargeant Ayesha Gibbons, all gave evidence.
Prosecutor Hardy told the court that two more witnesses were expected to be called while McKay disclosed that his client would also be calling a witness.

According to reports, on August 5, 2015, Yorrick was shot when a group of residents attempted to make a citizen’s arrest on Francis, whom they suspected of being involved in an armed robbery, at his home at the Sparendaam Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.

During the ensuing altercation, it is alleged that Francis discharged a round into the group and fatally wounded Yorrick, 23, of Prince William Street, Plaisance, and escaped.
Yorrick was shot once in his abdomen and died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Hospital.

Francis was arrested months later, after police got a tip off that he was in Ithaca, Berbice.