Omar Collymore and wife Simone Collymore-Campbell
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Omar Collymore, the man accused of orchestrating his wife's murder in 2018, has defended why he did not enquire or attend her funeral.
Taxi operator Winston Walters and Simone Campbell-Collymore and were killed on January 2, 2018, outside the gate of her Forrest Ridge apartment in Red Hills.
On Tuesday, Mr. Collymore gave a sworn statement professing his love for his wife and rubbishing allegations that he killed her to claim life insurance benefits.
During cross examination by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Andrea Martin Swaby, Mr. Collymore conceded that he did not attend his wife's funeral.
He also conceded that he did not enquire when his wife was to be buried.
Replying to the prosecutor, Mr. Collymore said they did not tell him.
Pressing further, Mrs. Martin Swaby reminded him that on Tuesday he told the court that he loved his wife dearly.
She then asked: "So when they're planning her burial you would stay close to the family to keep tabs of every development?"
Mr. Collymore replied, "Not if me and di family are at odds."
The prosecutor asked, "Did u have mutual friends with wife?"
Mr. Collymore said, "Yes".
Mrs. Swaby-Martin asked Mr. Collymore: "You didn't speak to any of them?"
Mr. Colllymore said no, explaining that he did not have his phone and that the only person he was able to contact was his father-in-law.
Boring holes in Mr. Collymore's defence, the prosecutor suggested to him that he was taken off an airplane at Norman Manley International Airport on the day of his wife's funeral.
Mr. Collymore said he was not aware that was the day of the funeral until after he was arrested and taken to Constant Spring Police Station.
The businessman said he was heading home to Florida, but his children and their caregiver were unaware.
Mr. Collymore agreed that he knew that up to the time of leaving Jamaica his wife wasn't buried.
When questioned about whether he had plans to return, Mr. Collymore said he would when he saw it fit.
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