Odinga Green, the accused in the 2007 murder of Nasleen Mohammed, whose body was found in a coal pit at Linden after she went missing, was found not guilty yesterday after Justice Franklyn Holder upheld a no-case submission made by the defence.
Justice Holder, who instructed the 12-member jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty, said the prosecution failed to make out a prima facie case against the Green.
The prosecution’s case was based on circumstantial evidence.
After Justice Holder gave his ruling, Green raised his hands in celebration and then thanked the judge before exiting the court room.
The prosecution was represented by Judith Gildharie-Mursalin and Diana Kowlessar, while Green was represented by Nigel Hughes.
The prosecution’s case is that Green murdered Mohammed between February 2 and February 12, 2007, after he picked her up from her East Ruimveldt home.
He is alleged to have taken her, in the company of another female, to Linden, where he killed her and removed all of her jewellery.
Mohammed’s mother had said in her testimony that her daughter had told her that Green called her and told her to put all of her jewellery on because she had to look nice for where he was taking her.
When Mohammed’s body was found in a coal pit at the back of Wisroc Housing Scheme, all of her jewellery was missing.
Green, who went to Suriname after the murder, was handed over to Guyana police officials in 2008.
The prosecution’s case was based on Green’s caution statement and circumstantial evidence. The prosecutors had asked for the case to be examined as a whole in their submissions to the court.
