Legal submissions made in murder trial

The trial of four men accused of murder continued on Thursday with attorneys in the matter making legal arguments in the absence of the jury.

The case of Undre Emmanuel Thompson, of Chancery Lane, Christ Church; Llamar Deigo Akked Holder, of Breedy’s Land, Silver Sands, Christ Church; Shavar Theodore Ward, of Hopewell, Christ Church; and Johnathan Fitzgerald Gaskin, of Wanstead Gardens, St Michael will continue before Justice Randall Worrell on Thursday

They are on trial before the No. 2 Supreme Court, accused of murdering 19-year-old Ajay Smith of Sayers Court, Christ Church between May 23 and 24, 2017. Smith’s body was discovered with several gunshot wounds on the hard court next to the St Christopher Primary School in Christ Church. 

The four accused have pleaded not guilty.

Thompson, Ward and Gaskin are represented by attorney-at-law Arthur Holder and associates. Accused Holder has Andrew Willoughby and associates as his defence attorneys.

Senior State Counsel Oliver Thomas and State Counsel Anastasia McMeo are the prosecutors.  ]]>