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The trial for the two men accused of killing 31-year-old Kemmoy Jeffers began in the High Court Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>

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Earlsfield James and Clarence Ira \u201cWadada\u201d Thomas were jointly charged with murder after Jeffers\u2019 lifeless body was found in Fort Road on April 27, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, w<\/span>itnesses testified seeing defendant James beating Jeffers with a piece of wood.<\/p>

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An EMT said Jeffers was tied up and dead when he arrived on the scene.
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Under cross examination, a police officer said James told him Jeffers jumped over his fence and got tangled up in a clothesline before they started to fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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