Jury to Deliberate In Murder Trial
In the Antonio Myer’s murder trial, final submissions by the Crown and the Defence were finished by 3:15pm today [Mar.25].
Justice Carlyle Greaves began instructing the eight woman four man jury, saying that the initial part of his address to them would consist of directions on technical legal matters.
Justice Greaves said that this would take a long time and would end on Monday when he delivered his summing up of the Crown’s case against Myer’s; and the Defence’s answer to the Crown’s charges.
QC Jerome Lynch bid goodbye to the jury, saying that he had another ‘engagement’ at the “Old Bailey” in London and that this required him to be in London on Monday 28th March.
QC Lynch also thanked the jury for doing their civic duty and noted that he trusted them to return a good verdict.
It is likely that Justice Greaves will have summed up before noon on Monday, indicating that the Jury will likely commence deliberations this coming Monday [Mar.28]
30-year-old Kumi Harford [pictured] was killed at around 5am on St. Monica’s Road on December 5th, 2009, when a hail of bullets struck his car as he was driving home. Antonio Myers was arrested in 2010 in connection with the murder, charges which he denies.
During the trial, a Police officer identified Mr Harford as a high ranking member of the 42nd gang, and Antonio Myers as a high-ranking member of the Middletown gang.
An expert testified that evidence determined that two shooters were involved and that two guns were involved; one a 9mm pistol and the other was a 40 calibre weapon. Both guns have been linked to numerous other shootings.
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