Judicial investigation – Suspicious death of Martingale at the prison: A Prison Officer entangled in multiple contradictions

Guard Jonathan Vythilinga, who participated in the search of John Martingale's cell the day before his death, was interviewed yesterday. However, he became entangled in multiple contradictions during his testimony in Court during the investigation chaired by magistrate Denis Jonathan Vellien, sitting in the Rose-Hill Court. The day before the discovery of Martingale's body, five guards had carried out a search in his cell, after they had been informed by an inmate that the detainee had a cell phone in his possession. One of these guards, Jonathan Vythilinga, was called to the witness stand, where he answered Mr. Ricky's questions Bhookhun, the representative of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Prison Officer Vythilinga claims that his colleague Joel Emmanuel Constant of the Prison Security Squad (PSS) opened the door to Martingale's cell and went inside alone, while the other guards waited. Outside. The security guard Constant then asked Martingale to give him the cell phone. He had said that he did not have a cell phone with him, before changing his mind and saying that he had thrown the cell phone through the skylight of the cell, which overlooks the prison courtyard. The other guards, who were still outside the cell, then insisted that he had this cell phone with him. According to guard Vythilinga, Martingale then stooped down, took the cell phone, and broke it, before handing it over to the guards. Vythilinga was confronted with the Statement that an inmate, Henri, had made to the police. This inmate occupied cell 70, while Martingale was in cell 71. Inmate Henri added that he had fallen asleep, but around 9 p.m., he was awakened by a noise next to his cell. He then heard the door to Martingale's cell being opened, with verbal exchanges occurring in the cell, as well as this phrase: "kot portab-la ete?" After a while, he heard the following words: "ine gagn portab-la". After the guards left, Henri was able to speak with Martingale. The latter had explained to him that a cell phone had been discovered in his cell, and that the guards had informed him that he would be transferred to La-Bastille. Witness Vythilinga was unable to explain what this noise was that this inmate had heard, and who woke him up. He thinks it might have been the noise that was made when the cell door was opened, or the sound of voices. This while Mr. Bhookhun insisted, according to the content of this inmate's statement, that this noise had been heard by him even before the door to Martingale's cell was opened. The guard also maintained that the term "diskite" meant a discussion, and not an argument. He maintained