Trini in court for US murder

David Winfield Mitchell yesterday made his first appearance before Mc Nicolls since his arrest by PC Narace in Mt Hope on August 18. He was represented by attorney Leon Gokool.

Mitchell is a suspect in the murder of American beauty queen Sheila Harris, who was found dead in her apartment in Carson City, Nevada, in 1982. A post-mortem report revealed the 18-year-old woman had been sexually assaulted, beaten and strangled.

Shortly after the murder Mitchell was reportedly deported to Trinidad for residing in the US illegally.

Gokool yesterday requested disclosure of the indictment against his client by the Grand Jury so he could have an idea of what was in the documentary evidence. Attorney for the requesting State, David West, however, contended that the US had no duty to disclose anything except what was already disclosed in the case.

Attorney Sunita Harrikissoon appeared with West for the requesting State.