By Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterTHE JURY is expected to hand down a verdict today at the trial of 26-year-old Christopher Dixon, upholsterer, of Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11, who is charged with the murder of 29-year-old psychic, Safa Asuntuwa.
Asuntuwa's body was found in a gully along the Cavaliers main road, in rural St. Andrew, about 10.30 a.m. on June 25, last year.
Lorraine Smith, Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, and Diahann Gordon, Crown Counsel, led evidence at the trial which began last week Monday in the Home Circuit Court, that Asuntuwa was beaten to death between June 24 and 25 last year. It is being alleged that Dixon and another man were the last to have seen Asuntuwa alive.
Justice Donald McIntosh began his summation to the jury yesterday afternoon.
Michael Thompson, a cousin of the deceased, said last week that about 5:15 p.m. on June 24 last year he saw Dixon and another man at Asuntuwa's house, Mount Joy, St. Andrew. He said he went out and, when he returned about 11:30 p.m. that same day, he saw the deceased's black Honda Civic motor car being driven by Dixon's friend with Dixon in the front passenger seat.
TESTIFIED
Detective Inspector Altemorth Campbell testified that he received a report and on June 25 last year he went with other policemen to Stony Hill Road, St. Andrew, near to Asuntuwa's house at Mount Joy, St. Andrew, where they saw Asuntuwa's motor car. The car was later taken to the Constant Spring Police Station.
Mr. Campbell said they next went to Seaview Gardens on June 25 where he saw Dixon who was taken into custody. He said Dixon admitted that he and his brethren had beaten and stabbed Asuntuwa.
