Jury empanelled for North Ruimveldt septuagenarian’s murder

A 12-member jury was on Monday empanelled for the murder trial of 75-year-old Joyce Lewis in the Georgetown High Court before Justice Navindra Singh.
It is alleged that on March 26, 2014, Kevon Alfred, of Second Street, Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD), murdered Lewis at her Lot 3630 Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt home.
The State’s case is being presented by Prosecutors Tiffini Lyken, Abigail Gibbs and Narissa Leander while Alfred is being represented by Attorney Stanley Moore. The State is expected to call several witnesses when the trial commences on Wednesday.

According to reports, Lewis’s lifeless body was found in her home by Police and her sister, Veronica Deen, about 08:30h on the morning of March 26, sprawled on a bed with her underwear pulled to her ankles and dark marks around her neck.
It was believed that the remigrant was strangled during an early morning robbery.
Five months after Lewis was killed, Alfred was arrested and charged with the murder. Reports are that Alfred’s fingerprints were among several that detectives found in the slain woman’s home.
It is believed that Alfred allegedly gained entry to Lewis’s house through a window at the back of the two-storey house. The window was broken and the grille barring entry to the home was clipped.
The accused was committed to stand trial in the High Court on October 19, 2015 by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
During the Preliminary Inquiry (PI), 15 witnesses testified on behalf of the prosecution. Alfred was unrepresented throughout the PI despite being given time to source an attorney. He also refused, on several occasions, to sit in on the PI after claiming that Chief Magistrate McLennan was being unfair to him.
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Carl Croker has the photos of Alfred (to come)