By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

POLICE statements read in court yesterday described how a man was shot in the right thigh and abdomen during a broad daylight drive-by attack on East Street, as the trial for a 2022 attempted murder continued.

Mauricio Webster Jr, 23, and Malik Hanna, 27, sat in the prisoner’s dock as two police statements and a hospital form were read into evidence before Justice Franklyn Williams.

The men are accused of attempting to kill Adam Newbold on East Street, near “Big Yard” in Coconut Grove, around 11.50am on December 18, 2022.

A Princess Margaret Hospital form indicated that Newbold was shot multiple times about the body, suffering gunshot wounds to his right abdomen and thigh.

Detective Inspector Rodari Francis’s statement said that on December 21, 2022, Webster Jr was asked to participate in an identification parade. After the process was explained and he was informed of his right to have a lawyer present, he declined to participate and was returned to his cell.

On December 29, Hanna also declined to take part in an ID parade, saying he was already wearing an electronic monitoring device (EMD).

Corporal Marcian Pinder’s statement said that while on mobile patrol, he received information that Webster Jr, who was wanted for attempted murder, was wearing an EMD. Officers went to the East Street area before proceeding to the Grove, where they saw a man dressed in black near Ragged Island Street.

After identifying himself as Webster Jr, the man was arrested and taken to a police station.

Desiree Ferguson and Gwendolyn Brice-Adderley prosecuted the case, while Keith Seymour and Al-leecia Pickstock represented the defendants.