Published On:Tuesday, September 28, 2010

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Tribune Staff Reporter

nmcknzie@tribunemedia.net

THE trial of a man accused of murdering his former girlfriend and leaving her body in a grave in the Bahamas Veterans' Cemetery began in Supreme Court yesterday.

Angelo Poitier, 24, is charged with the murder of 19-year-old Shenice Adderley, whose body was found in the Infant View Road cemetery on May 27, 2009.

Prosecutor Sandra Dee Gardiner told jurors that the prosecution will present evidence showing that Adderley and Poitier had been in a relationship that ended several months prior to her death.

She added that the prosecution also intends to present evidence to show that Adderley had started a new relationship, and because of this Poitier killed her. First on the witness stand yesterday was Detective Corporal Marvin Cargill. He told the court that he went to the Veteran's Cemetery around 7am on May 27, and was directed to the partially closed grave of Audley Humes.

He told the court that he noticed drag marks at the southern entrance of the cemetery, which continued to the grave. The officer said he also noticed a disturbed area of vegetation near a wall and a black and white tennis shoe.