| – Witness says VC knew attacker/accusedBy Latoya GilesA police officer testified yesterday that the female security guard who alleged that she was raped as she walked home from work had indicated that she knew the man who raped her.Constable Paul Tirat, who was then stationed at Vigilance Police Station, told Justice Roxanne George and a mixed jury that the woman reported the incident to him and he accompanied her back to the area where she pointed out an unfinished concrete house to him. Tirat said she then pointed out the accused to him. The accused was at the time standing on a bridge with another man.Tirat said he went up to the accused and told him of the allegation that he had held up the woman at gunpoint and had sexual intercourse with her without her consent. The accused replied, “Officer is nah me. I is a married man.”Tirat then arrested the man whose name he learnt to be Devon McFarlane called ‘Kang.’ He took him to Vigilance Police Station where he held a confrontation between the accused and the woman who repeated her story.The woman told the accused that he had stuck her up with a gun and raped her and he was wearing his wedding ring.According to Tirat, the accused again denied the allegation and said he knew the virtual complainant (VC) and would not do that to her as he was married. Tirat, however,NFL Jerseys China, could not say whether the accused had on a wedding ring at that time.Devon McFarlane called ‘Kang,’ is on trial for raping the then 26-year-old security guard on the night of June 11,Jerseys Wholesale, 2009, as she walked to her home in Bare Roots. McFarlane is represented by Attorney-at-law,Cheap Jerseys, Ronald Burch-Smith while Prosecutors, Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and Renita Singh are representing the State.When cross-examined, Tirat could not remember the following questions which were asked; if he had taken the accused to his home at the time of his arrest; where the accused lived; if he had questioned the wife of the accused; whether he had sought to investigate any alibi raised by the accused in relation to his whereabouts at the time of the rape, and whether he had questioned the accused.The police officer could not state the names or addresses of people he had spoken to as he was shown, by the VC, the route she walked home that night from Bachelor’s Adventure to Bare Roots, and how many statements he had taken from the VC.The witness could not recall if there were any landmarks between Bachelor’s Adventure and the unfinished concrete house and whether there were shops on the route that the VC took and they were opened late at the time in question as men were drinking and playing dominoes there.Tirat denied that the VC had told him that the man who raped her had beads on his penis. He also denied that police officers had checked the penis of the accused in this regard.Tirat also said that he made a record of the report given by the VC in the Crime Book. Defence Counsel has requested that the Crime Book be produced in court today.Earlier yesterday, the VC’s husband was cross-examined by defence counsel and he said that even though there are several routes his wife could have taken to get home, he had “designed” one for her to use when she worked the night shift.The soldier testified that there are shops along that route, but these operated at “scheduled times.” He explained that if there was a function, they could remain open until after midnight, but they usually closed between 11:00 to 11:30pm.He said there was no function at any of the shops on that particular night.In answer to the jury, the man said sometimes on his way home from work he would see the accused liming at the corner with other men and he would take a few “Guinness” with them and head home. He also said that the accused,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, whose wife is his cousin,China Jerseys For Sale, had visited his home for his anniversary party on August 28, 2008.Following this incident with his wife, the soldier said he began patrolling the area and his superior had also instructed another soldier who lived in the area to work along with him.Another witness called by the prosecution was Constable Vernika Caulder, who had escorted the VC to the Georgetown Hospital on January 12,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, 2009, where she was seen and examined by a doctor who issued a medical certificate.This medical certificate was admitted as an exhibit in the trial and read to the jury by Caulder. It indicated that the VC alleged that she was raped by a “known assailant.” However, there was no sign of injury and the doctor also mentioned that the VC was a mother of three.The VC had earlier testified that the accused, whom she had known for about a year prior to the incident, had raped her for more than fifteen minutes and foremost in her mind was whether he had any disease and what he would do when he was finished.Following the alleged rape, he had then taken her at gunpoint to her home where he peeped through a window and saw her husband on the bed holding their baby. He had left, warning the VC not to say anything to anyone or he would come back to get her in the morning.The VC had told her husband that night that if he was looking out for her, that would not have happened to her. She had worked the 4:00 pm to 12 midnight shift and had to walk some 45 minutes to reach her home. The trial continues today. |
