BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – APPEARING at the Basseterre High Court on Wednesday (Mar. 4) before Her Ladyship Justice Marlene Carter, St. Clair ‘Scamback’ Elliott of Newton Ground pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the stabbing death of Chelston ‘Chelly’ Mills who also hailed from Newton Ground.
A police communiqué stated that Elliott was indicted for the offences of Murder and Manslaughter but pleaded to the latter when the charges were read to him in court.
“Madam Justice Carter then instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty for Murder and guilty for Manslaughter. A Social Inquiry Report will be carried out on the accused, and will be presented during his sentencing hearing, which will be done at a later date,” the communiqué stated.
It was reported that on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Mills and Elliott were fighting when he was allegedly stabbed in the upper left side of his chest.
When this media house had arrived at the scene, the lifeless body of the 22-year-old man was seen lying face-up on a throughfare known as Back Road in the vicinity of Newton Ground Primary School.
According to residents, Mills and Elliott began fighting within a building on the Island’s Main Road and it continued for sometime on the Back Road where he was stabbed.
Some individuals said that they tried to provide assistance to the victim by placing a shirt under his head and another by his wound to stop the flow of blood, but that did not help because there was a “big hole” in Mills’ chest.
Elliott was taken into custody on the same day of the incident and was assisting police with their investigation into the incident.
An autopsy performed by Resident Pathologist Dr. Dora Marino Najdariga on Saturday, July 28, 2012 revealed that Mills’ death was due Thorecie Internal Haemorrhage by a sharp instrument.
Two days later, Elliott was charged with his murder.
