JANET DOUGLAS, 34, of 37 Ziadie Avenue, St. Andrew who is accused of murdering her lover's wife, said in an unsworn statement on Wednesday from the dock that she did not kill Isolyn McGill, 32, dressmaker, of Corn Piece district, Hayes, Clarendon.
Mrs. Douglas has been on trial in the Home Circuit Court since May 11 charged with the murder of Mrs. Gibson-McGill who was the wife of Detective Corporal Glen McGill.
The body with 19 stab wounds was found on the Hilly Field road, off the Bustamante High Way , Clarendon, on the night of November 24, 2000.
The Crown represented by Paula Llewellyn, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Chester Crooks, Crown Counsel, is alleging that Douglas befriended Mrs. McGill because she had a plan to murder her.
Mrs. McGill left her home about 5 p.m. on May 24, 2000 to buy hair products and pampers in May Pen, Clarendon but never returned home.
GIGOLO, SELF-CONFESSED LIAR
Defence lawyers Ravil Golding and Tashia McDonald have asked the jury to find that the Crown has not proved its case against Douglas.
Mr. Golding in his address to the jury described Glen McGill as a gigolo and a self-confessed liar.
He said McGill would want the court to believe that he ended the relationship on November 10, 2000, but up to November 24 he was going to Douglas's home to change his clothes and was wearing a suit of clothes that she had bought for him.
Douglas told Mr. Justice Basil Reid and the jury that she was a fashion designer and she became involved in an intimate relationship with Detective Corporal McGill during Easter of 2000.
She said in late October to early November 2000, she found out that Detective McGill was a con man so she asked him to leave her home immediately.
He continued to antagonise her and she made a complaint to his police friends. She said up to November 24, 2000, McGill was still coming to her house.
LOOK FOR WIFE
She admitted going to Mrs. McGill's home at Corn Piece district on November 24, 2000 to pick her up because she and her daughter were coming to Kingston to spend the weekend with her.
While she was there, Mrs. McGill left saying she would soon come back.
She (Douglas) left for Mineral Heights, Clarendon and when she returned to Mrs. McGill's home she did not see her.
Shortly after Glen McGill came, borrowed her car and went to look for his wife. He returned later asking if Isolyn was back
She said Detective McGill asked her to go with him to look for his wife. They did not see her and shortly after they returned to the house, the police came.
"I must say that I have no knowledge of Isolyn McGill's murder and I did not kill Isolyn McGill," Douglas said.
Barbara Gayle
