The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A MAN questioned in police custody concerning the fatal stabbing of a teenager was not made aware his interview was being video-recorded, a jury heard yesterday.

Kervin Neely, 25, is charged with abetting Enrico Major’s murder on June 1, 2014. Dwayne Peter Lockhart, who was accused of the actual killing, pleaded guilty at the start of the trial and was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment.

Enrico Major was walking south on Baillou Hill Road near S C McPherson Junior High School when he was held up and stabbed in the head and back. He was 17.

Yesterday, Sergeant Randolph Deleveaux, of the Central Detective Unit, told prosecutor Aaron Johnson that two days after the incident and on receiving information from Detective Jamal Evans, he went to one of the unit’s interview suites.

Sgt Deleveaux said that Detective Evans cautioned Neely before inviting him to participate in a record of the interview. The officer said the questions and answers from the interview were documented.

Mr Johnson asked the officer if the questions and answers were documented by other means. Deleveaux replied that the interview was videotaped.

The detective was asked by defence lawyer Glendon Rolle if he made the suspect aware that he was being videotaped at any point when they were in the room.

Deleveaux said he did not. He also said he did not hear the lead investigator or anyone else connected to the recording do so. 

Mr Rolle asked the officer if Neely was asked if he could read. The detective said he did not recall asking that, nor did he recall Neely’s response when he was informed of his right to legal representation.

The trial resumes today before Justice Bernard Turner.