JUSTICE Navindra Singh, yesterday, overruled a no-case submission made by Defence Counsel Miss Onassis Granville on behalf of Anthony Morrison, accused of murdering his reputed wife Donna Thomas in D’Urban Street, Georgetown sometime between May 25 and 26, 2012. He has called on the accused for a defence against the charge of murder.

Morrison’s defence counsel had made a no-case submission in the absence of the jury after the prosecution had closed its case; and Morrison, who had pleaded not guilty to the crime, maintained his innocence during an unsworn statement from the dock.

This morning, his counsel will address the jury, and that address would be followed by that of the Prosecutrix, Miss Natasha Backer, who will make her final address to the jury on behalf of the prosecution. Justice Singh will then sum up the evidence to the jury, after which he would hand them the case for their consideration and verdict.

The accused has reportedly made an oral confession admitting to cutting the deceased on her hand, but is contending that that injury does not relate to affixation — the cause of death according to Doctor Nehaul Singh, who performed the post-mortem.

The jury will return a verdict today after hearing the judge’s summing-up of the evidence.

(By George Barclay)