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ST. THOMAS – A man who prosecutors say went on “a vicious, violent rampage of deadly attacks,” murdering one man and almost killing another, is facing nine criminal charges in a trial that began Monday in V.I. Superior Court.

Chris Carty of Hospital Ground is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and four counts of using a dangerous weapon during the commission of a crime of violence in connection with the Jan. 28, 2007, stabbing death of Glen Blyden and the assault of Errol Stewart, which resulted in Stewart losing sight in his left eye, according to assistant attorneys general Renee Gumbs-Carty and Brenda Scales.

“On a Sunday afternoon in Hospital Ground, Carty walked up from the area of the fish market toward the Ital food stand. Stewart worked there as a cook. He was the only cook at the time. His back was turned. He felt a presence in the booth and when he turned around, he saw Carty next to him. Stewart told him he had to leave. Carty put his hand in his waist. Stewart felt threatened, he kicked Carty and he fell back. Carty then began beating up on him, took a knife and stabbed him multiple times about the body and in the left eye. As a result, Stewart has lost his vision in that eye,” Gumbs-Carty told jurors in her opening remarks.

From the Ital food stand, Gumbs-Carty said Carty went to Jah Yard where he saw four men, including Blyden, playing dominoes in a private yard.

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“He went inside the yard, walked up to the domino table and was acting strangely. Blyden asked the defendant what is wrong with him. The defendant punched Blyden, beat up on him, took out the knife and stabbed him on the left side of the head and throat. The other guys wrestled him, got him off Blyden and one man took the knife from him. Blyden’s friends rushed him to the hospital,” Gumbs-Carty said.

Alvin Lewis Jr. of Estate Contant was with Blyden that Sunday afternoon playing dominoes.

“I saw this man coming from the area of the fish market, talking incoherently, acting very strangely and flaring about. He went into the ital booth, seconds later he came out of the booth with a knife in his hand, dripping blood. He walked back toward the fish market. Seconds later, a man came out of the booth, screaming for help and his eye was bleeding. I gave him First Aid until a private vehicle took him to the hospital,” Lewis recounted.

Another prosecution witness, Jose Alamon of Hospital Ground said he was walking by Lionel Roberts stadium when he saw a man come out of the ital booth, screaming that someone stabbed him in the eye.

x-rays from the knife in the eye victim

“Lewis and I put him on the floor and tried to calm him down, then called 911. He was losing a lot of blood. I put a rag over his eye. The ambulance took so long that someone came and took him to the hospital.

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I saw a guy with no shirt on, wearing a green pants come from the other side of the booth. I don’t know if he was inside or outside. I saw a body, but I did not see his face,” said Alamon.

Carty’s defense attorney, Daryl Dodson, described the incident as “a mutual combat situation.

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“There were two violent confrontations involving Carty. In each case, the other guys got the worst end of it. Carty was also hurt. He was hospitalized, on a ventilator, he was banged up pretty badly, his eyes were swollen shut and he had cuts on his head. Pay attention to the evidence. You are all that stands between Carty and the government. Carty comes to you clothed with the presumption of innocence. This case is about intent, maliciousness and aforethought and also about Carty and his mental state,” Dodson told jurors in his opening remarks.

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The case, presided over by Judge Brenda Hollar, continues today.

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