The recent acquittal of the policeman accused of shooting a drug counsellor dead in 2011, owing to conflicting testimony during the High Court trial, has placed eyewitness testimony under scrutiny once more.
In the lower court, eyewitness Karen Busby-Girard had testified that the accused Sherwin Smith had shot Ralph Turpin at Stabroek Market. However, when the case went to trial last month, she admitted under cross-examination to seeing an “Indian woman” standing over the deceased with a gun in her hand.
It is unclear whether the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) plans to appeal the
