Superintendent Wayne DeHarte yesterday gave testimony regarding the ID parade where Police Officer Cadet Franz Paul was positively identified by teenager Alex Griffith, who he allegedly shot in the mouth last year.
DeHarte, who is attached to the Criminal Investigation Department, was the rank in charge of the identification parade on the day in question.
The witness told the court that before the commencement of the parade, Paul had offered objections based on the claim that Griffith had seen him and the other persons prior to the lineup and that the seven other persons on the parade did not resemble him. After DeHarte addressed the accused’s reservations, the man agreed to proceed with the event.
DeHarte stated that Griffith, who was accompanied by civil society activist Mark Benschop at the time,
