A Government forensic analyst testified on Wednesday that a bloodstained entrance mat and two kitchen knives hidden in a flower pot were among the analyst’s observations inside Constable Noel Maitland’s apartment eight days after his girlfriend vanished.

The Government forensic analyst also testified that an individual was injured inside Maitland’s Chelsea Manor apartment, in St Andrew, in July 2022.

Maitland is on trial in the Home Circuit Court for murder and preventing the lawful burial of a corpse in relation to the disappearance of his social media influencer girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson. She was last seen at the Chelsea Manor complex, but reported missing on July 13, 2022.

The 24-year-old social media personality and customer service representative, who was reported missing on July 13, had left her home on July 11 with Maitland and last spoke to relatives on July 12 while at his apartment.

The court heard on Tuesday that the mat was tested and had diluted blood. Two bloodstained left-foot shoes—one Crocs slipper and one Puma sneaker—were also found inside the apartment.

“There was no evidence of forced entry into the apartment. An individual was injured in the apartment. Blood from an injured individual came into contact with a curtain in the living and dining room area. A kitchen mat was removed from the floor by the kitchen sink. Women’s clothing was found in a black suitcase in the living and dining room. It was for a person of a small body frame,” she said.

The forensic analyst said that the uppermost lock on the apartment door was broken on the inside, with portions missing.

The expert witness, who visited the Chelsea Manor apartment in St Andrew on July 21 with a team of officers, testified yesterday that based on her observations, she formed the opinion that someone had been injured and that that person’s blood was on the curtain in the living/dining room.

The analyst said she deemed the drapes highly important to the case.

According to the witness, who started her evidence-in-chief on Tuesday, among the items observed was a black suitcase in the living/dining area, which contained two panties and a size six dress. A baby carrier was seen on top of the suitcase.

With a couch said to have been brought by a truck to a nearby car wash, of which the driver and a former worker testified, the Government forensic analyst said that, among the furniture seen in the living room, was a brown leatherette couch during her observation.

Additionally, she noted that an air freshener was plugged into the western wall close to the couch, and that an open packet of air freshener was seen on top of a brown barrel.

“The scent was noticeable throughout the living/dining area,” she said.

The witness also remembered observing that one of the three swing bar guard locks on the door to the living room was broken and had a missing piece. However, she said there was no evidence of forced entry to the apartment.

The balcony area of the apartment was also processed by the analyst. The analyst was shown a number of photographs and asked to identify and describe what she noticed in them.

She told the court that she also went to Matilda’s Corner Police Station in St Andrew to process a truck in relation to the case.

No blood was found in the truck, according to the analyst.