A DEMERARA Assize Jury yesterday found that Azaad Ally’s (Sadam) private land was like his castle and as such he was entitled to defend it by all means, as he did on November 2011.Defending Sadam on charges of grievous bodily harm and attempted murder is retired judge, Jainarayan Singh, who had asked the jury to find that his client had acted in self defence and explained that a man’s private land was similar to his castle and as such he was entitled to defend it against any intruder.

By their verdict before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow it would appear that the jury had accepted the advice of the former judge.

Judge Barlow and jury heard from witnesses that Kenneth Bhagwanden had attended a Bar-B- Que at Goed Fortuin, W. B. D. one night in November, 2011, when ‘Sadam’ allegedly discharged a firearm at him with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.

Bhagwanden said that he had attended the fete and was walking away in the early morning of the November 6, when he was shot and injured.

The Prosecution was by Miss Shanette Austin, Miss Tamieka Clarke and Mr. Mandel Moore.

The jury by a unanimous verdict found the accused not guilty on both counts.