Former PLP Senator Curtis Richardson denies causing the death of Marco Warren, 29, by driving without due care and attention
The Supreme Court trial of former Government Senator Curtis Richardson began this morning.
Mr Richardson has denied causing the death of Marco Warren by driving without due care and attention, while operating a taxi.
Jurors were asked to examine the evidence throughout this trial to determine whether Curtis Richardson had fallen below reasonable standards of driving in the early hours of May 14, 2026.
29-year-old Marco Warren, a talented footballer who captained Pembroke Hamilton Club died after walking home to Crawl from an event held at the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club.
Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney said circumstantial evidence would play a “major” part in the case.
The crown said Marco Warren was attending a pre-mother’s day event called, “She’s Royal”, at Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club in Hamilton Parish, where he became intoxicated and decided to walk home to his residence in Crawl, between 2.30am and 3am.
The six man and six-woman jury heard that a security worker from the Bailey’s Bay event, Juliette Tannock, passed Mr Warren walking in the westbound lane near the garden on her motorcycle.
A driver, traveling in a Kia Rio heading easterly also recalled passing Mr Warren.
Marco Warren, 29, died in the early hours of Sunday, May 14, 2023 as he walked home from an event. Photo: Supplied
The Crown said CCTV captured a taxi being driven by the defendant in the east bound lane on Northshore Road near Panorama Road, followed closely by another car.
Mr. Mahoney said they have evidence to suggest the taxi driver crossed over into the opposite lane and struck Mr Warren.
He alleged the defendant stopped in the east bound lane, a BMW car pulled up beside him and had a conversation before the defendant turned his taxi around at Trinity Church Road.
Crown witness Detective Christopher Sabean, of the Serious Crime Unit, was called to the stand.
He said he was tasked with gathering CCTV footage from various sites as part of the investigation.
The first video shown to jurors depicted a small gathering of people inside the cricket club where Detective Sabian identified Marco Warren.
He was unsteady on his feet and appeared to be stumbling. A woman offers a chair for him to sit at the bar.
In another scene, Mr Warren fell in the middle of the dancefloor, talks to other partygoers and then walks out onto the balcony.
Jurors were shown a series of camera angles captured at My Lord’s Bay Road and footage from Winton Manor Condos of a vehicle’s headlights with a yellow taxi sign illuminated and a smaller vehicle traveling east around 3.12am.
A motorbike’s headlight was also seen heading west.
In a written statement, the rider of the bike, Ms. Tannock, said she saw a figure dressed in all dark clothing walking on the side of the road in the westbound lane.
She was returning home to Warwick from her shift working security at the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club.
She explained she knew Marco well because his mother taught her in school and they greeted each other when he arrived at the party around 11pm.
Ms. Tannock said she only recognised that it was Mr Warren walking at 3.07am as she slowed down to pass him as it was dark under the street light.
Anthony Hayward, who was on duty at the party, gave testimony about speaking with Marco in the parking lot after the event ended.
Marco told him and a fellow patron, Jim Brown, that he was waiting on a taxi and that he was heading toward town.
Mr Hayward said he was traveling to St. George’s, the opposite direction, and encouraged Marco to speak with Mr. Brown.
Marco was offered a ride but he declined.
Mr. Hayward said he saw Marco walking to the gate by himself and he did not appear to be stable on his feet.
The trial continues.
