At the murder trial yesterday of Eustace Griffith, police investigators told the court that he had confessed to stabbing Stabroek Market handyman Steven Arthur, stating that during a fight Arthur first pierced him with an icepick and he in turn stabbed him.
Among the nine witnesses who testified were two persons who said that it was Griffith who stabbed the deceased, Arthur, but their stories varied when grilled under cross-examination, as they admitted that they were not paying attention to what had transpired at the time Arthur was said to have been stabbed.
Police Inspector Rodwell Sarabo and Detective Corporal Rawle Bacchus both corroborated each other’s evidence that after the allegation was put to him, the accused said that he had gone to Stabroek Market to purchase ground provision when he encountered Arthur.
