THE  hearing of  the murder  trial of Calvin Thomas, called  Calvin  Bailey, for the  alleged  murder of  18-month old Shaquen Nero continues  today at the Demerara Assizes before Justice  Navindra Singh and a mixed jury.

The child, it is said,  was in his mother’s arms on  April 5, 2007,  when the alleged offence was committed.
One of the  witnesses   who testified  said  that she saw the accused on the day in question  moving  his hand in a cuffing  position while the mother was  holding her child.
Later, she  said, she heard the mother say “You see what you have done to the  child.”
A police witness said that  he saw  the child with  a vest that had  a substance looking like blood and he saw  two wounds on the body.
The child was  pronounced dead when taken to  hospital.
Attorney-at -Law George Thomas is appearing for the  accused, while  Tishana Lake of the DPP Chambers is appearing for the  prosecution.
The hearing is continuing.