THE hearing of the Better Hope manslaughter trial began Friday before Justice Dawn Gregory at the Demerara Assizes.

The jury heard about how Anthony George, called Ryan, unlawfully killed his stepfather Ralph Jacobs on December 7, 2008.

DPP lawyers, Misses Natasha Backer and Mercedes Thompson assured the jury that they would lead evidence to prove that the accused had stabbed his stepfather following an altercation between them.

The hearing continues tomorrow.

(George Barclay)