Defence counsel Nigel Hughes yesterday made a no-case submission in the trial of Odinga Green, who is accused of the murder of a woman whose body was found in a coal pit at Linden.
Hughes made his submission yesterday before Justice Franklyn Holder, in the High Court. Justice Holder is expected to rule on the submission at today’s session.
Green is accused of murdering Nasleen Mohamed, 20, between February 2 and 12, 2007.
Mohamed, called “Mama,” was living with her extended family at the East Ruimveldt Squatting Area at the time of her death.
The prosecution, which is being led by Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and Diana Kowlessar, is arguing that on February 2, 2007, Mohamed was at her mother’s home when Green arrived and then left with her and another friend. Mohamed was never seen or heard from after that day.
She was then reported missing by her relatives for over two weeks. Her body was eventually found in a coal pit at the back of the Wisroc Housing Scheme, in Linden. A belt was wrapped around her neck while her feet were bound.
Green allegedly left the country for Suriname after the incident, but was later apprehended by Surinamese.
