With a judge ruling that there is no case against him, Kerwin Dos Santos has been discharged of the 2018 murder of America Street moneychanger Shawn Nurse; while his co-accused George Hope remains indicted for the capital offence.
Following the close of the prosecution’s case yesterday, attorney Nigel Hughes who represents both men, made submissions which were upheld by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall that Dos Santos had no case to answer.
The trial judge noted the prosecution’s failure of discharging its burden of establishing that it had a case against him.