THE PROSECUTION on Monday closed its 2014 murder case against accused Lawrence Wayne after calling 20 witnesses to the stand in the Georgetown High Court. Dead is Dexter Lindo.

When the accused was asked to lead his defence, he elected to give an unsworn statement from the prisoner’s box, stating that he was relying on the statement he gave to the police.

The trial judge, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow, and a 12-member jury were due to hear closing addresses from both the defence and the State today, after which the judge will sum up the case followed by the verdict.

According to the police report, around 13:15hrs on Saturday, August 23, 2014, two men armed with handguns entered the Wayne Beverage Paradise stall at Merriman Mall, Bourda, Georgetown.

Upon seeing the men, the female employee ran and raised an alarm, and a licensed firearm holder responded.

It was further alleged that the two armed men entered a waiting motor vehicle driven by an accomplice, and were trailed by the licensed firearm holder in his vehicle. He subsequently saw the getaway car at Light and Fifth Streets, Alberttown.

The police said that the firearm holder confronted a man who had exited the car and entered a shop in the area. The man whipped out a firearm and was shot to his abdomen by the licensed firearm holder.

The man however, managed to escape on foot, but the unlicensed .32 Beretta pistol with four rounds that he had in his possession was recovered and handed over to the police.

According to the police, the injured bandit was later found at a private hospital where he later succumbed.

On Friday last Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh testified that he performed the post mortem examination on the body of the deceased Dexter Lindo, whose body bore multiple gunshot wounds.

Dr. Singh gave the cause of death as hemorrhage and shock due to gunshot wounds.