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Murder accused to know fate today

Apr 16, 2014 News

The two accused in the Tain Corentyne murder trial are expected to know their fate today when Justice Diana Insanally sums up the evidence for the mixed jury sitting in the Berbice High Court.
On trial are Joshua Persaud called ‘Sunny Boy’ and ‘Bun Boy’, 22, and Raphael Rene Morrison called “Red Head” 24, both of Bloomfield, Corentyne, Berbice. The men are accused of murdering Marlon Andrew Ramcharran on June 3rd 2013 on a street in Block ‘C’ Tain New Housing Area.
When the matter resumed yesterday both the defence, which is being led by Attorney Mursaline Bacchus in association with attorney Perry Gossai, and the Prosecution, which is being conducted by Attorney Renita Singh, presented their closing arguments. This was after Justice Insanally had overruled the defence’s no case submissions.
Earlier both accused Joshua Persaud and Rapheal Morrison had made unsworn statements from the dock citing their innocence stating that they knew nothing of Ramcharran’s death. They both mentioned that they went out during the night in question at the ‘Dust Till Dawn Disco’. They left to go home and ended up in an altercation with some boys from ‘Train Line’. Persaud borrowed a cutlass from his cousin to defend them.
Mr. Bacchus in his presentation concentrated his submission on the weakness of the prosecution’s case. He said that there was no proper identification. He mentioned the conflicting evidence by the prosecution witnesses. The matter of lighting was also a major part of the defence’s submission. Mr. Bacchus submitted that all the witness gave different statements in relation to the matter of the lighting at the scene.
In her submission, Prosecutor Singh concentrated on the evidence of the prosecution’s two star witnesses, Nicolas Beharry and Rakesh Jaikarran, whom she stated were on the scene and saw what had happened. She said that the two witnesses along with the police witness gave a good account of what took place. She reminded the jury that they heard for themselves what the witness had to say.
She urged the jury to disbelieve the accused men’s account of what happened and stated that they had motives to kill because they and the deceased had a misunderstanding earlier in the night. She asked the jury not to have sympathy for anyone but to make their decision based on the evidence provided.

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