Ten witnesses are expected to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Osafa Grundell and James Fraser, who are accused of killing taxi driver Marlon Rodney.
This was disclosed by Prosecutor Dominic Bess during a hearing in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Five on Thursday. Bess then asked presiding magistrate Faith McGusty if she was aware that the DNA results of the burnt remains that were found in the trunk of a torched car at Letter T backlands, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, were identified as those of one of the witnesses, Collin Rodney, who is the cousin of the deceased.
The magistrate responded that she was briefed about the DNA results and that advice is currently being sought regarding the matter.
She subsequently adjourned the matter until January 27th, when the PI is expected to continue.
It is alleged that between April 25 and April 30, the duo murdered Marlon Deon Rodney, called ‘George’.
Rodney, a 35-year-old taxi driver of 71 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, succumbed to injuries while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was a patient in the Intensive Care Unit after he was reportedly shot four times in his left leg. He never regained consciousness after undergoing surgery.
