Digicel rep testifies in Coudray-Greaves murder trial

WESTERN BUREAU:

The murder case against Ivan Taylor, the man charged with the 2012 murder of Trinidadian schoolteacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, continued yesterday in the St James Circuit Court, with expert testimony from a telecommunications veteran.

The expert, a Digicel technician with 20 years of experience, explained the techniques he used to extrapolate phone calls and text messages, which the prosecution is using in its case against Taylor.

"Over a period of time, we received a number of requests from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for information on a range of phone numbers and telephone texts between May and June 2012," the expert said.

"Subsequent to supplying that information to the JCF via e-mail, I handed a witness statement signed by me to the JCF, summarising the information we had supplied to them. This information was provided to the Communication Forensic and Cybercrime Unit (CFCU).

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It is believed that the prosecution is trying to establish a telephone link between Coudray-Greaves and Taylor, who often served as an on-call driver for the deceased woman. He was the last known person to see her alive.

The trial, which began on Wednesday with testimony from the deceased woman's mother, Trinidadian government minister Marlene Coudray, will continue today with testimony from other prosecution witnesses.

Coudray-Greaves, a former teacher of Spanish at Cornwall College, went missing in Montego Bay on June 1, 2012. Her burnt remains were subsequently found in a canefield on the outskirts of Montego Bay 11 days later.