The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 553 (September 8 - 21 2021) - USA Edition

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News
Two convicted of murder
Two men have been convicted of
the murder of a man who was
attacked in his own home in
Colchester, Essex.
22-year-old Alinjavwa Siwale was
found injured at the address in Affleck
Road shortly after 12.15am on Friday
11 December last year. Sadly, he was
pronounced dead at the scene, having
suffered multiple stab wounds.
A second man at the address had
also been stabbed and he jumped over a
neighbouring fence to get help. He was
taken to hospital for treatment.
When we arrived on scene, it was
established that the front door had been
forced open and officers began
searching the Greenstead area.
Just after 3am, a call was received
from a house on Teal Close, reporting
someone who had been knocking at the
back door of the property for several
hours.
An officer from our Dog Unit was
first on scene, and he detained 25-yearold
Sheldon McKay in the garden of
the property. His bloody clothes were
immediately seized and he was arrested
on suspicion of murder.
McKay was later forensically linked
via his clothing to the DNA of the
victim Alinjavwa.
Further enquiries with McKay’s
associates led to the arrest of 20-yearold
Phoenix Lee.
Both men, of no fixed address, were
charged with murder and with
committing grievous bodily harm with
intent.
This week, they were found guilty
on all charges against them at
Chelmsford Crown Court, despite
denying their involvement throughout
the trial.
Our detectives gathered CCTV
which showed the pair forcing the front
door open at around 12.12am on the
morning of the murder.
Just three minutes later, the second
victim left the property to get help from
a neighbour, whilst Alinjavwa lay
fatally wounded in the kitchen.
Senior Investigating Officer Julie
Gowen, from the Kent and Essex
Convicted - Sheldon Mackay and-Phoenix Lee
Serious Crime Directorate, said: “Lee
and McKay have been cowardly
throughout this investigation. They’ve,
unforgivably, deprived Alinjavwa’s
family of the truth about what happened
on the night of his murder.
“Throughout the investigation my
team have worked tirelessly, carefully
piecing together the movements of
those responsible for this horrendous
crime and ensuring early arrests were
made.
“These dangerous individuals will
now spend a significant amount of time
in prison making Essex a safer place.
“Alinjavwa was killed in his own
home. It was a place where he worked
on his music, where he spent time with
his son and his brothers, where he
should have been safe from harm.
“I hope today’s outcome will bring
Alinjavwa’s family some justice, and
will give them some peace to allow
them to move forward with their lives.”
The pair will be sentenced on
October 11.
U.S. donates 1.2 million COVID-19
vaccines to Ghana
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More than 1.2 million doses of the
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by
the United States have arrived in Ghana.
U.S. Ambassador - Stephanie Sullivan,
Deputy Minister of Health - Honorable
Mahama Asei Seini, Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration -
Honorable Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong,
and the UNICEF Country Representative
to Ghana - Ms. Anne-Claire Dufay
received the vaccines at Accra’s Kotoka
International Airport. Delivered through
COVAX, the donations are part of the
Biden-Harris Administration’s global
efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ghana’s Ministry of Health and the Ghana
Health Service will oversee vaccine
distribution nationwide.
“These vaccines will save lives here in
Ghana. Vaccines, along with other
preventive protocols, will help control the
pandemic and slow the development of
new variants. We stand with the
Government of Ghana in its fight to stop
the spread of COVID-19,” said
Ambassador Sullivan.
The United States has worked closely
with Ghana since the start of the pandemic
and has contributed over $30 million to
support public health efforts and the
COVID-19 response in Ghana. These
funds are addressing the immediate and
medium-term effects of COVID-19 on the
health, agriculture, and education sectors,
including the hard-hit private sector.
The 1,229,620 doses donated to Ghana
by the United States through the United
States Agency for International
Development (USAID) are part of the
Biden-Harris Administration’s
commitment to share the U.S. vaccine
supply with the world. The United States
has already donated and delivered more
than 125 million doses to more than 80
countries and economies worldwide. As
we continue to fight the COVID-19
pandemic at home and work to end the
pandemic worldwide, President Biden has
promised that the United States will be an
arsenal of vaccines for the world.
The United States and USAID also
promised to continue to support Ghana’s
COVID-19 vaccination efforts, including
future donations. USAID will also support
vaccine preparedness efforts, including
transport of vaccines to health facilities,
detailed planning, and social and behavior
change activities to encourage uptake of
WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines.
As President Biden said, “From the
beginning of my Presidency, we have been
clear-eyed that we need to attack this virus
globally as well. This is about our
responsibility - our humanitarian
obligation to save as many lives as we can
- and our responsibility to our values.
We’re going to help lead the world out of
this pandemic, working alongside our
global partners.”