The trial of Kerry Cromwell for the murder of Linden bus driver, Elvin Lorrimer, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
The charge against the accused, to which he has pleaded not guilty, states that between March 21st and 22nd of 2016, he murdered Lorrimer.
Testifying yesterday was Police Constable Terry Cummings who said that Cromwell was positively identified by an eye witness, as the person who had shot and killed Lorrimer.
He said that that the eye witness had attended an identification parade on which Cromwell was placed, and within no more than 10 seconds, he had been positively identified as the perpetrator of the crime.
Also testifying was crime scene investigator Kevis Thomas who recalled visiting and processing the scene at the Linden minibus park at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, which he also photographed.
The 21 photographs which he said he took were marked, tendered and admitted as exhibits in the trial.
So, too, was the post-mortem report done on Lorrimer’s body which another witness—Police Constable Richard Rodney testified to receiving from Pathologist Nehaul Singh, who gave the cause of death as multiple gunshot injuries.
Also taking the stand yesterday was son of the deceased, Judah Lorrimer who recalled receiving a phone call which led to him and other family members travelling from Linden to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
He said that once there, he was tasked with identifying his father’s body to police.
The trial continues this morning at 10.
The state’s case is being presented by Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs, in association with Tuanna Hardy and Teriq Mohammed.
Cromwell is being represented by defence attorney Stanley Moore.
Lorrimer, formerly of Lot 184 Carter Street, Kara Kara, Linden, who was a minibus driver, was shot while he was standing outside his bus at the Linden bus park seeking passengers.
