Teen who allegedly helped murder accused escape gives evidence

On Friday, January 6, Kaysha Saunders, 18, of Highfield Chase, was cross-examined after giving her evidence at Winchester Crown Court in the trial of the murder of Frantisek Olah where she stands accused of assisting an offender.

Ismaila Kamarra-Jarra, of Milton Close; Je Daine Carty, 18, of Ferndown Close; and Cohan Daley, 18, whose address cannot be given for legal reasons, have all been charged with the murder of Mr Olah on Sunday, May 22.

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Mr Olah, 31, was found with serious injuries in Musgrave Close, Brighton Hill. He was later pronounced dead.

Kelsea Byrne, 19, from Warwick Road, and Abbie Mills, 18, from Woburn Gardens, have also been charged with assisting an offender. 

As previously reported, the three men allegedly fled the immediate scene of the murder with the help of Saunders and Byrne. While Carty and Kamarra-Jarra fled to Oxford, Daley was later arrested in Southampton.

The court heard that Saunders was in a casual relationship with Daley despite suspecting he had a life of crime.

In cross-examination, prosecuting Sarah Jones KC, read out Saunders defence statement.

Reading the statement, she said: "She, which is you, suspected he (Daley) was into drugs because of word of mouth and hearing things from others. Her mother didn’t like him and thought him to be bad news. She also heard that he and his friends carried weapons.

"You said you did see some cash when he was undressing or taking a phone from his pocket. You say you didn’t discuss what he did for a living but you did see the cash."

Saunders told the court that they 'were just rumours'.

She said: "I cannot process it, I look at him now and I just cannot process it."

The court also heard that a gang injunction was in place to prevent Daley, Cohan and Kamarra-Jarra from seeing each other, which Saunders knew about.

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Ms Jones added: "Are you seriously asking this jury to believe that you had no further thought as to what that meant about the man you had been in bed with? What do you think that says about him?"

Saunders said she didn't know.

During her evidence, Saunders said she never saw Daley with loads of money and never saw him with a knife or with weapons.

The court heard at the end of her evidence Saunders said she "simply didn’t believe that he was the kind of person who could do this kind of thing".

Ms Jones also said that Saunders changed her phone in the days following the murder after two boys she knew from school told her too.

The trial continues.