Alexander Village manslaughter trial…
POLICE Constable Odel Percival, one of the investigating policemen in the Alexander Village manslaughter case in which 25-year old Erica Fredericks had stabbed to death her lover Keon Adolphus,24, opined that the accused was severely beaten by the deceased.

Under cross-examination by defence lawyer, Mark Waldron Constable Percival said that when he saw the accused on the morning after the fight with her lover, the deceased who died, her face was swollen and black and blue and there were scratches on her arms and face.

And in answer to a further question, the witness agreed that despite all that he had seen, he took no steps to have her medically examined.

But under re-examination by prosecutor, Miss Zamilla Alli, the witness said he did not take steps to have the accused medically examined because she had already received medical attention.

Another witness who testified yesterday was Monica Calvan, the mother of the deceased, Keon Adolphus.

Calvan stated that on the day in question, after receiving a call from the Georgetown Hospital, she went there and saw her son lying on a stretcher.

She told Justice James Bovell-Drakes and the jury that believing he was asleep, she said “Keon get up and let us go. When he made no response, I said Keon, like you dead. Then a doctor reported to me that he had died.”

The mother said that she later identified her son to the doctor and the police at a post mortem examination.

Next witness to testify was Orlando Williams of 35 First Street, Alexander Village. He is a cousin of the accused Erica Fredericks. He said he lived together with Erica, her boyfriend Keon Adolphus and Erica’s son Damion.

Witness recalled on the early morning of the 18th of September, he heard a knocking at the door. It was Keon. He went back to bed and was awakened later by a tumbling noise. He investigated the cause of the noise and observed that Erica and Keon were fighting.

He added, “Keon was hitting Erica about her body. I went over to where they were and urged them to stop fighting. I got in the middle of them and tried to prevent Keon from hitting Erica.

“I could not have stopped him, so I decided to take Erica away. Keon kept following. Erica picked up a knife and threw it at him but it missed its target. I decided to take Erica out of the house. As we were walking away, Keon came out of the bedroom and continued hitting Erica. I was trying to part them when I saw Erica bore Keon with a knife.

“Keon then walked into the bedroom. I took away the knife from Erica and washed it in the sink. Keon took a jersey and tried to arrest the bleeding. He asked me to call a taxi. I left Keon with Erica trying to attend him and called for a taxi. With the help of the taxi driver and Erica, Keon was taken to hospital,” the witness declared.

The witness said that he was home later that morning when Erica returned with three policemen and a policewoman.

Witness said that one of the policemen asked him for the knife and he handed over two knives, the one that had missed its target and the one that Erica had used to stab her lover.

The hearing is continuing.