Surveillance footage and mobile phone evidence were presented in the High Court on Monday as the murder trial of senior Customs official Nigel Christian entered its eighth day.
Jurors viewed video showing a pickup truck travelling along Marble Hill Road, followed two minutes later by a silver car. A second recording from a nearby business, timestamped around 5:34 p.m., appeared to show a similar sequence. A photograph of a similar truck recovered from a mobile phone was also entered into evidence.
A police corporal specialising in digital forensics testified that he retrieved the recordings days after Christian’s death on July 10, 2020, collecting footage from the Chinese Embassy, a nearby business and a residence close to Christian’s home. He later examined two mobile phones, extracting a photograph and screenshots of WhatsApp messages.
Prosecutors allege the footage supports the account of a key witness who said he drove the accused — Saleim Harrigan, Wayne Thomas and Lesean Bully — to Christian’s McKinnons home and later followed them to Thibou’s, where Christian was found shot dead. His truck was later discovered abandoned in Cassada Gardens.
Clothing and other items, including gloves and a LIAT ticket stub bearing Christian’s name, were recovered during searches.
Defence attorneys have challenged the credibility of the Crown’s main witness, pointing to DNA evidence linking him to clothing found at the scene. An FBI cellular mapping expert also testified, with phone data said to broadly align with the witness’s account.
The trial continues Tuesday before Justice Rajiv Persaud.
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It appears that the key witness is a coconspirator to the murder off Nigel Christian.
The Defense attorneys challenging the credibility of the Crown’s main witness, pointing to DNA evidence linking him to clothing found at the scene, is a reach for straws. But the attorney is doing their jobs.
This factor does not negate that the murder was committed by the accused — Saleim Harrigan, Wayne Thomas and Lesean Bully.
There seems to be a poponderance of evidence linking the accused to the killing.
The BIG question is: What did the Police do to prevent this crime from happening if they were informed of the murder plot?
What will become of the individual who is reported to order the hit on Nigel Christians life?
Why is history or circumstances between Nigel Christian and the person stated to order the hit?
Should these questions be left unanswered how can I or anyone who has the choice of living elsewhere, feel safe in Antigua and Barbuda, when simple questions and motives behind the mused of a senior Civil Servant are left unanswered?
Crown says it was those three but the defense says it was the witness and his deceased brother.. Hmmm who do we believe??? Hmmm who ever the evidence points to is who shall go or remain in big yard…
Gad nar sleep
To tell you the truth, by Antiguan standards this case is well put together. We might at actually get a conviction here. It doesn’t appear this one was botched often happens.
The prosecution probably cut a deal with their star witness, in order for them to prove their case against the others. It’s a common occurrence in high profile cases. They’ll let the small fish slide to catch the bigger fish.
He will pay in some way at the end of the day.
WHAT THE HELL…i …KEY WITNESS…? SURVEILANCE: …NOT CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE
KEY WITNESS…? OR …PROSECUTION ‘ACCOMPLICE’ WITNESS …ACCESSORY TO CRIME:
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From a strictly professional perspective, it is to be understood: that
(a) ‘…ALL WITNESS CALLED BY THE PROSECUTION TO TESTIFY: are
(b) …WHEN SUBMITTED THEMSELVES TO THE COURT’S JURISDICTION: are
(c) …JUDICIAL NOTICE: and
(d) …ACCORDED THE STATUS OF WITNESS: either
(i) …FOR THE PROSECUTION: or
(ii) …FOR THE DEFENCE.
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WHICHEVER PARTY SO CALLED TO ‘…GIVE SWORN TESTIMONY-…EVIDENCE IN CHIEF: are
(i) …CROSS EXAMINATION BY THE …DEFENCE: and
(ii) …RE-EXAMINATION BY THE PROSECUTION.’
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THIS CASE: …PECULIAR AND FULL OF INVESTIGATIVE BLUNDERS
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THE BIGGEST NINNY: …THE BIGGEST BLUNDER:
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INVESTIGATIVE QUESTION
JUST: ‘…WHY A ‘KEY WITNESS,’ AND NOT AN ACCOMPLICE: to
(i) ‘…ABDUCTION: and
(ii) …MURDER? [Paragaph 4]. ”
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NOW:
‘HOW NO ‘…NINNY’ SAW HIM AS ‘…AN ACCESSORY TO TWO CRIMES:
(i) ‘…THIS ‘…SELF-INCRIMINATING ‘…PROSECUTION WITNESS: had
(a) …ENGAGED IN A ‘…JOINT ENTERPRISE:
(b) …ACTED IN ‘…JOINT ENTERPRISE: and
(c) …PARTICIPATED IN THE ‘…ABDUCTION:
(d) …WHEN AS HE TESTIFIED DROVE ‘…THREE OTHER ACCOMPLICES: to
(e) …TO THE HOME OF VICTIM-(Murdered Abductee): then
(f) …DROVE TO PICK UP ‘…ACCOMPLICES:’ after
(g) …WHATEVER WAS VISITED UPON THE ‘…ABDUCTEE/DECEASED.’
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GOONS: …BABOONS: OR …MONKEYS: …FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS?
Those involved in the i’CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS’ into the ‘…SENSELESS AND HEINOUS CRIMES,’ RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY: through
(a) ‘…SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, MORE LIKE ‘…GOONS:’ than
(b) …BABOONS AND THE ST. KITTS MONKEYS.’
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WHY SO…?
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WELL:
(i) ‘…BABOONS ARE INSTINCTIVELY SMART ANIMALS: and
(ii) …MONKEYS, SO DARN SMART, THEY KNOW JUST WHAT TREE NOT TO CLIMB.’
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This ‘…ACCOMPLICE: /…ACCESSORY TO CRIME WITNESS: called
(a) BY THE ‘PROSECUTION: could
(b) …BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO PUBLIC PROSECUTORS:’
(i) ‘…DPP CLEMENT JOSEPH: and
(ii) …SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, CURTIS CORNELIUS.’
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HERE IS WHY?: …CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE
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In all criminal Prosecutions, ‘…TRIAL JUDGES:’ shall not only
(a) ‘…INFORM THEMSELVES: but also
(b) …BE SATISFIED WITH THE EVIDENCE OF ‘…ALL WITNESSES: that
(c) …THEY ARE POSITIONED TO GIVE PROPER ‘…LEGAL DIRECTIONS’ TO JURIES.’
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BENEFIT OF KNOWLEDGE: …CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE
The term ‘…EVIDENCE OF CORROBORATION’ means:
EVIDENCE FROM ‘…OTHER INDEPENDENT SOURCE:
(a) ‘…IMPLICATING THE ACCUSED: in
(b) …SOME MATERIAL PARTICULAR: and
(c) …TENDING TO SUPPORT THE ‘…TRUTHFULNESS: and
(d) …ACCURACY OF EVIDENCE ALREADY GIVEN ON OATH.’
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PROFESSIONAL KNOWLDGE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
This kind of ‘…Evidence,’ necessarily to show, inter alia:
(a) ‘…TRUTHFULLNESS:
(b) …CONSISTENCY:
(c) …BELIEVEABILITY: and
(d) …ELIMINATING ‘GAPS’ IN WITNESS’ CREDIBILITY.’
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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SHEER BLUNDERS.
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SURVEILLANCE EVIDENCE- ACADEMIC.
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ARE THEY ‘…SPINNING TOP’ IN MUD?
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SPIN GOOD.
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We have some of the best actors and script writers in da world
All I need to know what is the police doing about the man that is said to have ordered the hit on Mr. Christian. This cannot end until and unless he is brought to justice. Will be listening for information on this
Is there anyone besides me notice that since the ABLP not ALP is in Power we have had more gruesome crimes being committed than ever before. I am thinking it is a blight on the country. We gotta remove this curse
Truth and Justice will prevail. All the lies and innuendo soot out by the UPP political machinery is coming back to haunt them. A fractured party afraid to call the CONSTITUTIONALLY DUE CONVENTION IN APRIL.
Let’s see if the UPP can abide by it’s own constitution
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