Anthony Morrison will now have to face a second retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at verdict at the conclusion of his trial for the murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas.
After about two hours of deliberation yesterday, the foreman informed the court that the jury was unable to arrive at a unanimous verdict.
He explained that the jury was split, with two finding the accused guilty and the remaining 10 finding him not guilty.
Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who presided over the trial, explained to a visibly-distressed Morrison that since the jurors could not all agree on a verdict, he would be remanded to prison to face retrial.
The shackled Morrison was escorted from the courtroom back to the Camp Street Prison, where he will remain until his next trial.
At the conclusion of Morrison’s first trial before Justice Navindra Singh last year, a jury was also unable to arrive at a unanimous verdict.
The charge against him states that between May 25th and May 26th, 2012, he murdered Thomas at their Lot 65 D’Urban Street, Georgetown home. He pleaded not guilty to the