By Michel Outridge

AS the Cyon “Picture Boy” Collier 2006 re-trial continues in the High Court before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and a 12-member jury, Magistrate Sherdell Isaacs was called to testify on Thursday.Closing submissions will be heard on Friday after which the judge will sum up,which will be followed by the verdict early next week.
Collier is facing trial for the 2006 murder of Victoria residents Ray Walcott called “Sugar” and his brother Carl Andrews known as “Alo,” after his two trials ended in “hung” juries before different judges.
It was reported that the accused allegedly rode up on a motorcycle, briefly interacted with a group of men playing a friendly game of dominoes at Victoria Four Corner, East Coast Demerara, and then pulled a gun and shot at them.
When the dust had settled, two men lay dead. They were identified as Walcott and Andrews, who are brothers.
Some 12 days after the fatal shooting of the brothers, a party of about 30 police officers and soldiers found Collier at a house at Lot 23 Bachelor’s Adventure at 05:00hrs with a number of guns and ammunition, including an AK-47assault rifle.
Collier was told of the allegation and arrested.
Reports indicated that Andrews was shot at least three times and he died as a result of perforation of the lungs from a single gunshot wound, but both siblings died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries.
On Tuesday, the State closed its case after calling several witnesses, including a witness, who could not be located for the other two trials.
Collier was called on to lead his defence and he elected to give an unsworn statement from the dock, where he chronicled his movements leading up to the shooting on September 23, 2006 and thereafter.
He told the that he was not present at the scene of the shooting, nor was he around that area then even though witnesses placed him at the scene before and after the incident which claimed the lives of the two siblings.