Robbery accused Daymeion Millington had implicated now dead fugitive Rolston Morrison as one of the men who carried out the home invasion attack on Justice Nicola Pierre and her family, a police witness testified yesterday.
Taking the stand at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul, where Millington and four others are on trial for the attack, Sergeant Denaise Adams read a caution statement signed by Millington.
Millington, later cross-examining Adams, said that although he signed the statement he did not understand what had been written in it.
Millington, Nicholas Narine, Premnauth Samaroo, Warren McKenzie, and Anthony David are on trial for the robbery of Justice Pierre and her husband, Mohammed Chan, as well as shooting at security guard Ron Peters on July 9, 2015.
Adams said he helped Millington to write a statement about what happened on the night in question, after he was identified by Chan in an identification parade as one of the men who carried out the attack.
Adams told the court that on July 16, he met Millington at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Eve Leary, where he interviewed him. Based on the information that Millington provided in the presence of another officer, he cautioned him and told him of the offences that he was being accused of. According to Adams, Millington told him, “Officer is not me, is Morrison, Grandfather, Dwight, Yankee and two other males….” After hearing this, Adams said he then made an entry in the CID’s diary and then asked Millington if he wished to make a written statement. However, he said Millington told him that he couldn’t write well and that he should write the statement for him.
Adams related to the court that he took Millington’s statement in the presence of a Sergeant Flatts and after reading it over to Millington and having him go over it himself, Millington then signed his name to the written statement.
Adams said based on the statement that he took from Millington, he then escorted the accused to Montrose, where the man pointed out where he was standing on the night of the attack as well as another spot from where he said Morrison was shooting the security guard.
Morrison was killed in a shootout with the police at Craig, East Bank Demerara, last July. Prior to his death, Morrison, 29, called ‘Mappy,’ was wanted by police for questioning in relation to investigations into the murder of Dwayne Kennedy, which occurred on March 14, 2015, at Golden Grove.
Millington, who is representing himself, told the court that he did not understand what was written in the statement given to Adams although he did signed it because he was promised that he would be sent home.
In response to Millington’s claims, Adams said that it was not true and he never promised the accused anything. Millington also told the court that he never went back to Montrose with Adams and this too was denied by the Sergeant.
Assistant Superintendent Simeon Reid also took the stand again yesterday for cross-examination by Narine’s attorney, Adrian Thompson.
The trial continues today.
