34 year old Leslie Fraser was found guilty of attempted murder today by Justice Adolph Lucas. The court found that he tried to kill his ex-common law wife's new boyfriend.
The incident occurred on May 29, 2011. The complainant, Faron Waight, testified that while he was at his residence, at the corner of King Street and Amara Avenue, he saw Fraser lurking nearby. Waight said he grabbed a piece of stick and began to pursue Fraser on bike. He said that when he caught up, Fraser pulled out a machete from a bag and chopped him to the back of his head. Waight fell to the ground and Fraser got over him and chopped him several more times. The woman in the middle of the quarrel also testified for the prosecution that she saw Frazer chopping Waight.
Fraser testified and said that at the time of the incident he was working as a security guard at Glen Godfrey's law firm. Fraser called one witness, Henry Lauriano, but Lauriano's testimony did not help his case Justice Lucas has deferred sentencing until December 6 in order to give Fraser time to prepare a plea for mitigation. Fraser was not represented by any attorney. Crown Counsel Shanice Lovell represented the prosecution.
