As the third trial for double-murder accused Cyon ‘Picture Boy’ Collier continues, Detective Superintendent Michael Kingston continued his testimony in the presence of Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and a mixed jury on Monday at the Demerara Assizes.
Collier is accused of murdering two brothers, Ray ‘Sugar’ Walcott and Carl ‘Alo’ Andrews at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara in 2006.
Kingston was cross examined by Defence counsel Lyndon Amsterdam, while Prosecutors Narissa Leander and Tuanna Hardy represented the State.
The major part of the day was spent with Amsterdam going back and forth with Kingston on the uncertainty of three key points and errors in filing the documents.
Kingston gave evidence in the High Court that the accused had uttered the words “boss man them man violate me yuh know,” and when
Cyon “Picture Boy” Collier
asked by Kingston about the guns used to kill the brothers, Collier pointed him to the guns on the bed.
However, Amsterdam indicated that it is best practice for the officer to make note of these words in one of the many record books in the Cove and John Police Station.
Kingston recollected that his role in the Criminal Investigations Department for this case was to gather information, plan and stage an operation and this resulted in the capturing of Collier and recovering of an AK-47 assault rifle.
Kingston stated that during the operation he along with several other ranks, including Linden Lord, acted on information leading them to Lot 23, Bachelors Adventure, ECD.
When the team reached the property they were met at the door by the accused. During discussions with the accused, Kingston was lead to the guns and ammunition after which he asked Collier if he was the holder of a firearm licences.
According to Kingston’s testimony, Collier responded by saying “no” and so was arrested and taken to the Station.
He said that at the station he filled out the charge sheet and the station diary but during the cross examination, it was discovered that the charge sheet was incompletely filed. It did not include the time the accused was placed in custody and the time of arrest was incomplete, having only the time 07:4, missing the final digit.
Kingston tried to justify his actions by saying, “it is an error on my part in filing the documents and it was some sort of distraction that
Dead: Ray “Sugar” WalcottDead: Carl Andrews
resulted in the error.”
Collier is accused of murdering the two brothers in Victoria on September 23, 2006.
Reports are a group of young men were playing dominoes at the Victoria four-corner when the two brothers were allegedly shot by the accused who rode up on a motorcycle.
The brothers were rushed to hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
The trial continues on Tuesday.
