Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
DR. DESMOND Brennan, who is attached to the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon, testified on Monday that the body of 32-year-old Isolyn McGill, who was allegedly murdered by her husband's lover, had 19 cuts and three bruises.
The doctor said one of the wounds penetrated the mid-apex of the heart and damaged the spinal column at the back. He said that wound was 10 inches deep and a "very, very, very great force" was used to inflict that injury.
SHARP OBJECT
The doctor said the injuries he saw were consistent with being inflicted by a sharp object, such as a knife.
Dr. Brennan was testifying in the Home Circuit Court at the trial of Janet Douglas, also known as Edna Arnett, cosmetologist, of 37 Ziadie Avenue, Ziadie Gardens, St. Andrew.
She has been on trial since last week Wednesday for the murder of Mrs. McGill, a dressmaker of Cornpiece district, Hayes, Clarendon.
The Crown, represented by Paula Llewellyn, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, and Chester Crooks, Crown Counsel, is alleging that Douglas, who was involved in a love affair with McGill's husband, befriended her because she had a plan to murder her.
According to Douglas, she told Detective Corporal Glen McGill, her lover, that she was pregnant with his child, but Det. Cpl. McGill testified that since that time he had never seen any signs of the pregnancy.
He said when he refused to obey Douglas' demand to tell his wife about the affair, she called his wife in early November, 2004 and told her that they had an
intimate relationship and she (Douglas) was pregnant for him.
FRONTAL REGION
Dr. Brennan said that moderate to severe degree of force was used to inflict the other injuries he saw. He said the injury which ruptured the aorta, the main blood vessel of the heart, would result in death in five minutes. All the injuries were to the frontal region of the body and were to the face, chest and abdomen.
The trial continues today when the witness will be cross-examined by attorneys-at-law Ravil Golding and Tashia McDonald, who are representing Douglas.
