The prosecution yesterday closed its case against businessman Lawrence Wayne, who maintained his innocence in the murder of Dexter Lindo.
Wayne is charged with murdering Lindo, a suspected bandit, between August 23 and August 24, 2014, at Alberttown, Georgetown.
When called upon to lead his defence, Wayne, who did so in unsworn testimony from the prisoner’s dock, told the court that he was innocent of the charge levelled against him.
He said that he stands by the statement he gave to police.
His attorney, Stanley Moore, made a no-case submission, which was overruled by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow.
The state, led by Prosecutor Shawnette Austin, called 20 witnesses to the stand. The case continues this morning at the High Court in Georgetown, where both sides will present closing addresses to the jury.
On October 16, 2015, Wayne was discharged of the capital offence, at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry.
Four months later, however, he was rearrested on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, who ordered that the case be reopened.
