The key prosecution witness who is said to have witnessed the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams at Vybz Kartel's Swallowfield Avenue premises has been recalled to the witness stand.
On Monday - day 14 of the trial invoking Karel and four co-accused, the court was told that the witness who had already spent five days on the stand , would be recalled.
The application was made by Tom Tavares Finson - defence counsel for Kartel, who indicated to the court that the result from the hand writing expert was in.
The defence had called t he expert in after making claims that the witness had written a letter to Earl Witter, Public Defender, indicating that he was being forced by the police to give evidence.
In the letter, the witness also stated that he did not want to testify because he had seen Clive "Lizard" Williams after the August 16, 2011 incident in which the police believe he was killed at Kartel's residence.
However, during his cross examination, the witness denied writing the letter.
Meanwhile, the defence has been arguing that Williams is not dead, since the police have been unable to produce a body. They also pointed out that it is possible that Williams could have left the island.
On Monday, the prosecution called witness #15, Ephieum Allen, Deputy Director for Immigration Services at the Passport Immigration Citizenship Agency (PICA).
He testified that in October 2013,a request was made in relation to the travel history of Williams. He said PICA used Williams' name and date of birth to run the search but no record was found of him traveling.
When asked if checks were made as to whether or not Williams had a passport, the witness responded "No I did not."
Judge Lennox Campbell responded by saying "I don't understand, you are asked whether Mr. Williams ever used your borders but you never found out if that person had a passport ?"
According to Allen, on a daily basis, the agency receives travel history requests and those requests are very specific.He went on the explain that if not asked, the agency does not provide that information.
However the judge was not satisfied with the response and asked Allen if a passport is needed to check the travel history. Allen said once the person has traveled that information would be recorded in the database.
Under cross examination, Allen told the court that he was not aware of persons departing the island by way of small boats or planes. However, when pressed by the defense he admitted that he has heard of people departing in small planes.
The witness also admitted to knowing individuals who have used fraudulent documents to leave the country.
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