The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Matthew Parks in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge that he murdered Roger Allen, the Freeman Street youth who was stabbed during a fight at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge last year.
It is alleged that Parks on September 13th, 2018 at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge, Georgetown, murdered Allen.
At the resumption of the PI yesterday, Police Prosecutor Dominic Bess called two witnesses, Delisha Peters, the girlfriend of the deceased, and Niketa Adams.
Subsequent to their testimony, the women were cross-examined by the defendant’s attorney, Patrice Henry.
Prosecutor Bess then closed the prosecution’s case.
The matter was then adjourned until October 7th, when submissions are expected to be made.
Allen, a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) worker, sustained two suspected stab wounds about his body during a scuffle with fellow Freeman Street resident, Parks. Both men were subsequently rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where Allen underwent emergency surgery but succumbed.
