Court Defence lawyer to Crown: produce the evidence by Barbados Today 22/09/2021 written by Barbados Today 22/09/2021 2 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 614 Attorney-at-law Kyle Walkes on Tuesday issued a plea for the Crown to produce evidence against his client, declaring “we have a strong defence”. Walkes made the submission before Acting Chief Magistrate Wanda Blair on behalf of Dareo Theo Mitchell, a 27-year-old labourer of Skeetes Road, Fairfield, Black Rock. Mitchell is jointly charged with Jadario Jelani Jacoby Murray, 19, of Cherry Tree Lane, Black Rock with unlawfully wounding Derrick Ward on September 14, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him or to do some serious bodily harm to him. The two are separately accused of using a firearm on the mentioned day without licences. Murray is further charged with possession of a firearm, on September 16, without a valid licence and 17 rounds of ammunition without a valid permit. He is also facing the September 14 charge of damaging a house belonging to Lurine Hoyte without lawful excuse or was reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. The accused were not required to plead to the indictable charges before the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court. Since some of the charges fall under the Firearms Act, the accused received an automatic 28-day remand at HMP Dodds. You Might Be Interested In Alleged burglar remanded Crime spree Francis to undergo assessment Despite this, Walkes, addressing Magistrate Blair on Mitchell’s behalf said: “These are serious allegations . . . and we have a very strong defence in the matter.” He continued: “We are asking for the investigators to bring the evidence swiftly before the court . . . so the court can see if it is enough for it to be committed for trial. “We have a strong defence and we are yearning to put that to the court.” Magistrate Blair requested through prosecuting Police Constable Sayleen Hinds for the Crown to provide disclosure as soon as possible as the court “did not want it [the case] loitering for too long”. The defence attorney also requested that the evidence used to charge the men be submitted to the court as soon as possible. “We just want something a little concrete,” Walkes added. The case was then adjourned for the two to reappear before the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court on October 18. Murray is set to go before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on October 19 to deal with the possession of gun and ammunition cases which are alleged to have occurred in that jurisdiction. Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Lucian duo fined for feigning witchcraft to trick woman out of money,... 29/11/2024 Accused denies fighting with dorm mate in prison 28/11/2024 Government lawmaker says corporate registry not fit for business 27/11/2024