By Racquel Porter
The Home Circuit Court on Thursday heard that one of the two United States missionaries killed in 2016 in Wentworth, St. Mary, was chopped six times in the head after being shot in the chest.
This was disclosed by a government pathologist during the murder trial of Andre Thomas.
The medical expert testified that 53-year-old Harold Nichols died as a result of multiple chop wounds.
The pathologist said Mr. Nichols was shot before the chops wounds were inflicted.
But he said the wound was not an "immediate fatal wound" and that it was possible that Mr. Nichols would have been able to move after he was shot.
During the evidence-in-chief marshalled by the prosecution, the defendant sat for the most part with his head bowed.
Mr. Nichols and Randy Hentzel, both American missionaries, were found in Wentworth district, St. Mary, on April 30 and May 1, 2016.
The medical expert testified that Mr. Hentzel sustained only one gunshot wound, which entered the back of his neck and exited through the corner of his mouth.
The gunshot fractured the victim's jaw.
Mr. Thomas' attorney, Leroy Equiano, asked the witness during cross-examination whether he could say if the person who inflicted the wounds was angry at the time.
The witness said he could not speak to the person's psyche.
Mr. Thomas is also represented by Althea Freeman.
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