Second deliveryman tells court he transported Maitland's settee from car wash to upholstery shop

 

A second deliveryman who was contracted by policeman Noel Maitland - who is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson - on Tuesday morning testified that he picked up a settee from a car wash and dropped it off at an upholstery shop in downtown Kingston.

 

Another deliveryman had previously testified that he was hired to move the settee from Maitland's apartment in New Kingston to a car wash on Half Way Tree Road. 

 

He had also testified that he was at his workplace at a hardware in Kingston when he was told by his co-worker 'Carlos' that Maitland wanted to speak with him. 

 

Carlos, who the witness said is now deceased, had followed him to pick up the sofa while Maitland drove ahead. 

 

But on Tuesday morning, the second delivery man said he and Carlos were on a job when Carlos got a phone call and told him about the work.

 

He said they returned to their workplace at the hardware where a silver car drove up.

 

He said Carlos went to speak with someone in the car and afterwards, both he and Carlos followed behind the car to a car wash off Lyndhurst Road in St. Andrew. 

 

The witness said he drove his pickup truck while Carlos rode a bike. 

 

According to the witness, when he arrived at the car wash, he stayed inside his vehicle while the sofa was placed in his

truck. He described the settee as being brown and said it was either two or three pieces.

 

Both he and Carlos followed the car to the upholstery shop near the Denham Town Police Station where the settee was taken off. But he said while waiting to be paid, the settee was placed back into his truck and he and Carlos followed the silver car up to Kingston Public Hospital where they dropped off the settee at a nearby upholstery shop. 

 

He said workmen took off the settee before leaving. 

 

He told the court he collected $5,000 from Carlos as payment and that he gave him $1,000. 

 

The witness said days later he was at work when the police showed up and ordered him to follow them to Half Way Tree Police Station where he gave a statement and showed the police where he had picked up the settee and dropped it off.

 

He said he had watched as his vehicle was swabbed and photographed.

 

Maitland is on trial in the Home Circuit Court for murder and preventing the lawful burial of a corpse in connection with the July 13, 2022 disappearance of Ms. Donaldson. 

 

The 24-year-old social media personality, swimwear entrepreneur and customer service representative, was reported missing on July 13, 2022. 

 

Her mother, Sophia Lugg, had previously testified that Maitland picked her daughter up on July 11 and that she last spoke with her on the morning of July 12. 

 

Attempts to reach her afterwards were unsuccessful.