An expert witness in telephone analysis told the High Court on Wednesday, that three calls were made within seven minutes between mobile numbers linked to Hakeem Stuart and Aziza Clarke, on the afternoon of March 21, 2019.
Clarke, of Bonnetts, Brittons Hill, St Michael, has pleaded not guilty to assisting Stuart after he allegedly committed murder. She is accused of transporting him from Briar Hall to Graeme Hall, Christ Church, to help him avoid arrest on March 21, 2019.
Taking the witness stand in the No. 5 Supreme Court before Justice Pamela Beckles, Station Sergeant Kirk Alleyne said he analysed phone records provided by phone companies Flow and Digicel for a number associated with Clarke’s phone and another registered to Selwyn Stuart, Hakeem’s father.
Reading from his report, the officer stated that the mobile number associated with Hakeem Stuart made three calls to Clarke’s number, beginning at 2:07 p.m.
“At the time of that call, the mobile number (associated with Clarke) was routed through a cell site in Brittons Hill, St Michael. In relation to that same call, the outgoing mobile device associated with Hakeem Stuart was routed through a cell site at Sheraton,” he said, adding that the call lasted 41 seconds.
“The second call again was an outgoing call from (the number associated with Hakeem Stuart). This call went through to (the number associated with Clarke) at 2:11 p.m. At the time of that call, the mobile number associated with Hakeem Stuart was still within the cell site of Sheraton, while the mobile number associated with Aziza Clarke was routed through a cell site, the Sagicor building in Wildey. The duration of that call was 71 seconds.”
“The third call was again an outgoing call from the number associated with Hakeem Stuart and was incoming to that associated with Aziza Clarke. The time of that call was 2:14 p.m. The mobile number associated with Hakeem Stuart was still at the same cell site at Sheraton. At the time of this call, the mobile number associated with Aziza Clarke was now routed through the same cell site at Sheraton; however, it was on a different sector.”
Station Sergeant Alleyne explained that the changing cell sites for Clarke’s number were consistent with a moving device, suggesting it travelled from Brittons Hill to Sheraton during the seven-minute period.
During cross-examination by King’s Counsel Michael Lashley, representing Clarke, Alleyne agreed that cell-site analysis can only indicate approximate location, not pinpoint a device’s exact position.
Acting Sergeant Kemar Burke, who worked with the Regional Security System’s Digital Forensics Lab in 2019, said he examined an Apple iPhone that contained a contact saved as “Hakeem”.
“A request was made for any communication with the said Hakeem on May 21, 2019. However, from the findings, I did not find any communication. There were not any calls or messages to or from that number on this device,” he said, adding that both normal and WhatsApp call logs were checked.
He explained that even if logs were deleted from a handset, those records would remain with the service provider.
Senior State Counsel Kevin Forde, who is prosecuting with Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Krystal Delaney, asked: “If the service provider gave information that communication was made, what would be the reasons for the information not being on the phone you checked?”
Sergeant Burke replied: “That information would have been deleted from the phone.”
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