Mother testifies to seeing daughter shot in head by accused

Carlisa Matthews

At yesterday’s commencement of the trial into her daughter’s killing, Carol Kennedy recalled seeing the accused, Jermaine Maynard reaching for a gun with which he shot Carlisa Matthews to the back of her head.

Maynard, Matthews’ former boyfriend, is on trial for her murder before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The allegation against him is that between December 31, 2013 and January 1, 2014, he murdered