The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON


Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A DOCTOR testified that eight of the 14 sharp-force injuries that led to a man’s death were stab wounds.

Princess Margaret Hospital pathologist Dr Caryn Sands told the court that 39-year-old Fritzroy

McDonald died of “multiple sharp-force injuries to the head, neck and extremities”.

Kevin Dawkins, 28, who sat in the prisoner’s dock during the doctor’s testimony, faces a murder charge.

He is accused of killing McDonald on November 29, 2009 in Gregory Town, Eleuthera.

McDonald, a Jamaican, was stabbed by a man whom he had an altercation with concerning a woman around 11pm on the day in question.

Dawkins denies the charge.
Yesterday, lead prosecutor Jillian Williams called Dr Sands to the witness stand to reveal the findings of her autopsy on McDonald.

Dr Sands could not say which injuries occurred first, but she explained them to the court from the head down.

One wound to the left side of the face was a cut seven inches long, one inch wide, and one inch deep.

Another wound, she said, was an L-shaped, two-inch deep stab wound to the left side of the neck that pierced two major blood vessels.

Two other wounds were found on the same side of the neck.

A stab wound in the back of the neck was the deepest, being five inches in depth.

According to Dr Sands, the victim also had a four-inch deep stab wound in the left arm and a stab wound in the left shoulder.

Six cuts were found along the neck, however the doctor said they were not deep.

When shown photographs of the victim and his wounds, the pathologists was able identify the wounds in the face, neck and shoulder.

Defending attorney Murrio Ducille did not cross-examine Dr Sands.
The trial resumes today, when a key witness is expected to give testimony.