KARTEL TRIAL: Witness tells of foul odour at Vybz Kartel house.....he had smelt a foul odour, "like the scent of a dead animal", inside the Havendale home of entertainer Vybz Kartel where Williams is believed to have been killed.

THE man who led the investigation into the alleged murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams testified yesterday that he had smelt a foul odour, "like the scent of a dead animal", inside the Havendale home of entertainer Vybz Kartel where Williams is believed to have been killed.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Vernal Thompson, who is in charge of criminal investigations for the St Andrew North Police Division, testified also that the inside of the house was set on fire following his first visit to the premises on August 22, in relation to the probe. He said the caution tape he strung around the perimeter of the premises was torn down.

Additionally, Thompson, who was being led in his examination-in-chief by attorney Jeremy Taylor during the murder trial in the Home Circuit Court, said that on a subsequent visit to the house, on September 30 he noticed that the back of the house had been demolished.

Thompson said he tried ascertaining who was responsible for the demolition, but to no avail.

Regarding the foul odour, Thompson testified that he noticed it when he went to the home on August 29, 2011. He said he detected the scent in the living room area and another room in the house..

Moments earlier, Thompson testified that he had smelt "a strong fragrance similar to that of Fabuloso disinfectant". He said he detected the "same fragrance" in "another cubicle inside the house" on Swallowfield Avenue. more