JUSTICE William Ramlal has accepted a defence no-case submission made on behalf of murder accused Latchman Ramlall, called ‘Buckta Man’, who had been accused of having allegedly murdered Renaissance Singh on October 22, 2009, and discharged Ramlall on ground that the prosecution had failed to make out a case against him.

When the Prosecutrix, Miss Natasha Backer, closed her case on Monday, defence counsel Mr. Keavon Bess did not seek to lead a defence, but elected to make a no-case submission in the absence of the jury.
Justice Ramlal conducted the voir dire.
Going through the prosecution’s evidence, defence counsel was able to highlight missing links in the case; and Justice Ramlal agreed with the defence submission, the prosecution also conceding, and directed the mixed jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty in favour of the accused.
Latchman Ramlall was later discharged by Justice William Ramlal.

(By George Barclay)