KINGSTON, Jamaica – Omar Collymore, the man accused of plotting the 2018 murder of his wife, Simone Campbell-Collymore, appeared to be in distress after she was fatally shot outside their apartment complex.

That’s according to testimony by a detective corporal who was at the scene of the murder following the incident.

On Tuesday, while recalling the scene he saw at Stanley Terrace in Red Hills, St Andrew, the detective told prosecutors that on the day of the incident, Collymore travelled along with him in the service vehicle he used to transport the now-deceased individuals to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).

The lawman recalled that the father of two appeared to be “confused, frightened and in shock” during the journey.

“He appeared to be in distress and crying,” the detective corporal said.

Campbell-Collymore, 32, and taxi operator Winston Walters, 36, were shot dead about 4:00 pm on January 2, 2018 on Stanley Terrace in Red Hills, St Andrew.

On February 7, 2018, Collymore was arrested in connection to the murders during an operation at a guest house in St Elizabeth.

Collymore and three co-accused — Micahel Adams, Shaquilla Edwards and Dwayne Pink – are being tried in the Supreme Court on two counts each of murder and a count of conspiracy.

Additionally, when another police officer took the stand, he read from a five-page statement he collected from Collymore after his wife and Walters were murdered.

The court heard of the couple’s tumultuous relationship, detailing how they moved from Campbell-Collymore’s parent’s home and started living in the Red Hills apartment.

“She and my parents get on very well. Myself and her parents do not get on very well because of a feud we had at their premises. My wife put my clothes and stuff in a garbage bin, so I told my wife that I am not coming back to see her. She took the decision to move out and we both rented an apartment in Red Hills, St Andrew. Because she did this, her parents didn’t like it,” the statement read.

Nevertheless, Collymore reportedly said on the day before his wife was killed they were happy.

“My wife and I was very happy up to yesterday and there was no difference between us,” the statement read.

Campbell-Collymore was shot 21 times and died while being transported to the Kingston Public Hospital. Walters died at the scene.

Collymore was accosted by police at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston as he allegedly tried to leave the country, one day after Campbell-Collymore’s funeral.

Furthermore, Wade Blackwood, one of the shooters in the incident, was given two life sentences for the two counts of murder and eight-and-a-half years for illegal possession of a firearm on March 11, 2021. The sentences will run concurrently, and he will be eligible for parole after serving 35 years.