KINGSTON, Jamaica — Against the law scene examiner employed to the Impartial Fee of Investigations (Indecom) testified in court docket on Thursday that Constable Noel Maitland watched as investigators secured bloodstained objects from his Chelsea Manor house in New Kingston, on July 28, 2022.
Maitland is charged with homicide and stopping the lawful burial of a corpse following the disappearance of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson, in July 2022.
In response to the examiner’s testimony, Maitland was current on the house when forensic personnel and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Pressure (JCF) arrived to conduct a search. “Mr Maitland was contained in the house across the eating desk space,” he stated. Through the search, the examiner noticed blood-like stains on a pair of brown drapes, markings on the western wall, and extra stains on a cream-coloured cushion cowl positioned on a barrel in the lounge.
Pictures of the bloodstained objects have been taken, and the supplies have been secured and transported to the Institute of Forensic Science and Authorized Drugs for DNA evaluation.
Prosecutors allege that Donaldson was killed contained in the house someday between July 12 and 13, 2022, and that her physique was later unlawfully disposed of. Donaldson was final seen alive on the Chelsea Manor house complicated, the place she was reportedly staying with Maitland.
The crime scene examiner additionally detailed his subsequent go to to the Half-Method-Tree Police Station, the place he examined a cream-coloured Toyota pickup truck related to the case. The automobile was sealed with yellow crime scene tape, and its rear part was lined with a blue tarpaulin. A number of objects have been noticed within the cargo space, however no seen bloodstains have been discovered. The examiner famous that the driving force of the automobile was current through the inspection.
The matter has been adjourned till July 7, 2025, to handle various administrative points earlier than proceedings proceed.
The case has captured nationwide consideration, with requires justice and larger safety for ladies rising louder within the wake of Donaldson’s disappearance.
