After being denied an application to lead what it said was “additional evidence,” the prosecution yesterday closed its case against Cabesh Persaud and Devon Thomas, who are on trial for the 2013 Mazaruni River crash which claimed 10 lives.
Following the close of the prosecution’s case, defence attorneys Dexter Todd and Roger Yearwood presented no-case submissions on which Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall is set to rule this morning at the High Court in Suddie where the matter is being heard.
Persaud and Thomas have been indicted on charges of manslaughter which allege that on January 22nd, 2013 in the Mazaruni River, Essequibo, they dangerously steered their boats and unlawfully killed Ricky Bobb, Keanu Amsterdam, Deon Moses, Kevon Ambrose, Christopher Ramnarine, Zahir Baksh, Jewan Seeram, Ulrick Grimes, Jermaine Calistro and Brazilian national Francisco Olivera Alves.