BECAUSE Keon Singh, the lone witness  in the Bent Street murder trial suffered from a complete loss of memory in relation to events of the crime, the Director  of Public Prosecutions yesterday closed its case without offering further evidence against Al Wilson.

As a consequence, trial Judge Justice Brassington Reynolds who observed that the threshold of sufficiency of evidence had not been achieved by  the prosecution,  directed the mixed jury to return a formal verdict of not  guilty in favour of the accused.
Al Wilson, who was on trial for the murder of Jamal Clarke on 5th of September, 2009, was discharged.
The witness Keon Singh, who was in the company of Jamal Clarke who was killed that evening, testified that he had seen the accused for the first time on the day in question.
When asked by Prosecutor Miss Natasha Backer if he sees Wilson again, whether he would be able to recognise him, the witness replied, “Yes”.
But when told to look around the court and to point him out if he was there, the witness looked around the court, including the dock, where the accused was sitting, and said “I have not seen him.”
In similar instances, the witness told the prosecution and the jury that the crime occurred a long time ago and that he could not now remember what happened. He admitted giving the police a statement and giving evidence  at the magistrate’s court at the  preliminary Inquiry.
Upon application by the prosecutor, the judge allowed the witness to refresh his memory from his deposition.
But even this did not help to improve his memory. He insisted that he could not remember.
The accused was represented by Mr. Nigel Hughes, in association with Miss. Kendaise Rodney.