Prosecution closes case in Lodge murder inquiry

Matthew Parks

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Matthew Parks in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge that he murdered Roger Allen, the Freeman Street youth who was stabbed during a fight at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge last year.

It is alleged that Parks on September 13th, 2018 at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge, Georgetown, murdered Allen.

At the resumption of the PI yesterday, Police Prosecutor Dominic Bess called two witnesses, Delisha Peters, the girlfriend of the deceased, and Niketa Adams.