By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A JURY heard yesterday that the outfit matching a gunman who killed a man in 2019 was found in the defendants’ car.
The silver coloured Honda was also spotted in security footage capturing the fatal shooting.
Dwayne Lodimus, 29, and Anton Lodimus, 25, are accused of shooting and killing Elroy “Skully” Burrows, 40, of Podoleo Street, on March 19, 2019. The victim was buying a drink from a bar on Mackey Street when the gunmen allegedly approached and killed him.
On Tuesday, attorney Sonia Timothy Knowles revealed that she would stop representing the defendants. However, she and her junior, Tonique Lewis, continued to represent the men yesterday after reconciling their differences before the trial resumed before Justice Renae McKay.
Sergeant Richardson Curry testified yesterday that she reviewed security footage of the deadly attack.
The footage showed the deceased walking on the sidewalk on Mackey Street when someone in black runs towards him. The footage showed a silver coloured two-door Honda at the scene.
Sgt Curry said on April 8, 2019, she encountered a vehicle matching the one used as a getaway car at the Wendy’s parking lot at the Golden Gates Shopping Centre.
Both defendants were arrested after a firearm was found in the car. Authorities also recovered a black t-shirt with a Nike logo, shorts and dark-coloured shoes from the defendants’ vehicle. The clothes allegedly matched those worn by the killer.
Sgt Curry said the clothes pulled from the defendants’ car were tested for gunshot residue but she did not get the results.
She said Dwayne was interviewed twice and Anton was interviewed once.
She said Dwayne consistently denied being the shooter and told her the brothers wore the same clothing. However, she said Anton claimed Dwayne does not wear the black clothes or shoes pulled from the Honda.
Under questioning from Mrs Knowles, Sgt Curry confirmed that Anton was not photographed near the car when the gun was discovered. Even though the defendants were not charged with firearm offences, the officer disagreed with the suggestion that no firearm was present.
During cross-examination by Ms Lewis, the officer said Dwayne never wore the tennis shoes, shirt or pants found in the car to see if they fit him. When the defence lawyer suggested Dwayne’s foot size is significantly smaller than Anton’s, the officer said she could not confirm this.
Ms Lewis highlighted a discrepancy between the car in the footage, which did not have tinted rear windows, and the car that was confiscated, which had tints. Prosecutor Uel Johnson responded that the defendants may have had the car tinted in the weeks between the shooting and their arrest.
Perry McHardy is also a prosecutor in the case.
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