THE prosecution in the Cyon ‘Picture Boy’ Collier double-murder trial, ongoing at the Demerara Assizes, will close its case tomorrow following testimony of Senior Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh.

And Madam Justice Diana Insanally, presiding, who would have listened to 10 witnesses and a voir dire (a trial within a trial), is expected to call on the accused for a defence.
It is not known at this stage what step defence counsel Mr Lyndon Amsterdam would adopt on behalf of his client.
The prosecution’s case, conducted by Senior State Counsel Mrs. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin, is that sometime during the early hours of September 23,  2006, a group of young men were playing dominoes at the Victoria four-corner, East Coast Demerara, and two brothers — Ray Walcott, called ‘Sugar’, and his younger brother Carl Andrews, called ‘Alo’ —  were standing nearby watching the game when the accused rode up on a motor cycle, dressed in black clothing and with a gun slung over his back. He began “gaffing” with the men, then cranked his gun and started shooting.  Everyone scattered, running off in different directions, with the accused running after ‘Alo’ and still shooting.
When the shooting had subsided, the two brothers were found with what appeared to be bullet holes in their bodies. Sugar was lying on the road, and Alo was found in a nearby yard.
The brothers were taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
Police investigating the incident recovered spent shells from the scene of the shooting, and submitted them to the GPF ballistics expert, Sgt. Eon Jackson, for analysis. The results from the expert were available to the judge and jury.
When the trial resumes tomorrow, the pathologist will tell the jury what caused the deaths of the two brothers.