AJODHA Persaud called ‘Amica’, whose murder trial is continuing, will know his fate on Monday. That is when Justice Navindra Singh will sum up the evidence to the jury.
The prisoner is indicted at the Demerara Assizes for the unlawful killing of his nephew, Chaitram Geeroodiyal, on October 2, 2009, following an argument over the selling of a property.
Since his indictment, the accused has suffered a stroke and is being allowed to sit in an armchair aside of the dock.
In an unsworn statement, which he opted to make, he told the court he was peeling an apple in front of his door, on October 2, 2009, when he and his nephew began to argue.
Persaud said his nephew slapped him twice, went away and was returning to slap him, again, when he walked into a knife which the former was holding.
But Prosecutor Rhondel Weever, who is associated with other State Counsel Renita Singh, said the accused had told the police a different story.
She said he had admitted to the police that he stabbed the victim in the stomach.

Two eyewitnesses
Evidence given by two eyewitnesses, both related to the accused and deceased, claimed they saw Persaud stab his nephew after threatening to do so.
The prosecutor said the disagreement arose when the accused, who had planned to sell a property, was informed, by his nephew, that he could not do so without consent from the nephew’s mother.
Defence Counsel, Peter Hugh urged the jurors to give Persaud the benefit of the doubt, on the ground that the killing could have been accidental or in self-defence.
However, prosecutor Weever submitted that self-defence and provocation are out of the question, as far as the evidence is concerned and concluded her address stating: “Who the cap fits, let him wear it.”