Omar Collymore and wife Simone Campbell-Collymore
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By Racquel Porter
Murder accused Omar Collymore, who is on trial for the contract-style killing of his wife, has refuted his ex-lover's testimony that he was pursuing her after she ended their relationship in October 2017.
Mr. Collymore's ex-mistress, who testified earlier in the trial, said they were in a relationship for more than a year.
But on Thursday, the court was told that up to 3:12 p.m. on January 2, 2018, minutes before Simone Campbell-Collymore and Winston Walters were killed, Mr. Collymore was in dialogue with his sweetheart.
Disagreeing with Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Andrea Martin Swaby's suggestion, Mr. Collymore said he sought to break off the relationship.
The prosecutor asked Mr. Collymore whether he left his firearm and jeep at her home when he was leaving on a trip on October 5, 2017.
Mr. Collymore replied, "Yes, Ma'am."
He also agreed that his ex-lover packed his belongings in his jeep and gave them to his friend.
But Mr. Collymore explained that his ex-lover packed his things after he declined her request to accompany him on the trip.
He said at that point he told her that "it is what it is" and that he could not continue.
Mrs. Martin Swaby suggested that he went to her house on December 31, 2017, to ring in the New Year.
Replying to the prosecutor, Mr. Collymore said his ex-mistress called him in distress.
Pressing him, Mrs. Martin Swaby told him that she asked him a simple question.
Agreeing that he went to her apartment with his son, Mr. Collymore disagreed that he went there with a bottle of liquor.
Mrs. Martin Swaby questioned why someone who is breaking off a relationship with their sweetheart would visit their home on New Year's Eve.
Mr. Collymore said his ex-lover wanted to rekindle their relationship because she said she would not be able to afford her rent.
Telephone data showed that Mr. Collymore contacted his ex-sweetheart seven times in the morning on the day his wife was shot.
Agreeing to communicating with the woman, Mr. Collymore said he cannot recall placing so many calls, but that she had called him too.
The prosecutor suggested that he told his mistress that he couldn't wait to wake up with her and that he and his wife were getting a divorce.
Mr. Collymore disagreed.
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