PROSECUTRIX Tashana Lake in the Mahaica slaughterhouse murder trial on Wednesday closed the prosecution’s case, after calling a number of witnesses.

Presiding Judge, Mr. Brassington Reynolds called on the accused, Mark Major, for a defence for the murder of Orin Forde on January 6, 2012.
Attorney-at-Law Mr. George Thomas will begin his defence on behalf of his client this afternoon.
The accused has already decided that he would begin his defence with an unsworn statement from the dock.
According to the facts of the case, the accused, Mark Major and the deceased, Orin Forde, are cousins.
On the 6th January, 2012, they were arguing at the Mahaica slaughterhouse and a fight ensued. Wilston Forde went to part the fight when the accused pushed him and stabbed the deceased.
The accused, in a caution statement, said that the deceased was coming at him with a wood, and he stabbed him to defend himself.
Chief Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, who performed the post-mortem, gave the cause of death as perforation of the liver.

(By George Barclay)