MINUTES after prosecutor Judith Gildharie-Mursalin closed her case  yesterday in the Cyon Collier ‘Picture Boy’ double  murder at the Demerara Assizes, defence attorney  Lyndon Amsterdam began making no-case submissions, in law and facts, to presiding Judge Diana  Insanally, seeking to have her set his client free at this stage of the proceedings in the absence of the jury.

Counsel concluded his submissions late yesterday afternoon.
Prosecutor Mursalin, who from the outset had  been contending  that the ‘Picture Boy’  case was one for the jury to decide, will  reply to Mr. Amsterdam’s  submissions ( also in the absence of the jury) on Monday morning.
After hearing both sides, the Judge will rule either to accept or reject the defence’s  no case submissions.
When the case began some days ago, the prosecutor delivered an opening address to the jury in which she told them what evidence to expect from the witnesses.
She told the jury that on the early morning of 23rd of September, 2006, a group of young men were playing dominoes at the Victoria Four Corner on the East Coast of Demerara.
The prosecutor further told about evidence which would disclose that  two brothers, Ray Walcott called ‘Sugar’, and Carl Andrews called ‘Alo’, were among those watching on.
They were still there  when the accused, Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy’,  rode up  on a motor  cycle, dressed in black clothing, with a  gun  slung  across his back, and began gaffing  with the crowd.   He later began cranking his gun and started shooting.
Everyone scattered, running off in different directions.
When the shooting stopped, the two  brothers were found with  bullet holes in their  bodies –  Sugar  was lying on the road and Alo  was  found in a  nearby yard.
They were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Police officers recovered spent shells from the scene of the shooting and those were submitted to the  ballistics expert for analysis.
Dr. Nehaul Singh, Government Forensic Pathologist, who performed the post mortem  on the bodies  of Sugar and Alo, testified yesterday.
The doctor said he found that Sugar had  sustained  seven  gunshot injuries and that Alo had  three  bullet  wounds, and that they died of these injuries.
At the court yesterday, defence counsel suggested to the doctor that his examination was not thorough and  that he did not  consult the ballistics expert in relation to his findings. The doctor did not agree with him.
Witnesses had pointed out that on October  5,  2006, based on information  received,  police and army ranks went  to a house at Bachelor’s Adventure at  05:00hrs,   where they found the accused  Cyon Collier and  three weapons were recovered, including an AK 47 Assault Rifle, with 13 matching rounds of  ammunition.
The weapon was handed to the ballistics expert who examined them and carried out tests after which he concluded that the spent  shells  found at the  scene were fired from the same AK 47  rifle found with Cyon Collier.