SHAKIR Mohamed has been indicted for the murder of Shewraney Doobay called Monica on May 24, 2011, in the cause or furtherance of robbery. 

This morning, Justice Brassington Reynolds who has been conducting a voir dire (a trial within a trial) to determine the admissibility of an alleged caution statement will deliver his ruling.
Some days ago at the original trial, as the prosecutrix Miss Mercedes Thompson was about to tender the alleged caution statement said to have been voluntary given by the accused, Senior Defence counsel, Mr Jainarayan Singh, a former High Court Judge, objected to the tendering of the statement on the ground that it was not taken in accordance with the Judges’ Rules.
As a consequence, Presiding trial judge Mr. Brassington Reynolds decided to conduct a voir dire in the absence of the jury, to decide the admissibility of the statement.
The judge will deliver that ruling this morning.

In the event that the judge’s ruling is in favour of the defence, the trial is likely to end at this stage.
But should the ruling favour the prosecution, Mr. Jainarayan Singh who is associated with Mr. Moti Singh for the defence, will be told that the prosecution would lead its final witness before closing its case, thus placing the defence in readiness to lead a defence.
And if that happens, the trial will continue.