MARK Trevor Greaves walked out of the Georgetown High Court a free man after a no-case submission made by defence attorney George Thomas was upheld by Justice Navindra Singh on Thursday.

As such, the judge directed the 12-member jury to return a formal not guilty verdict in favour of the accused. After the judge told Greaves that he was free to go, since he was freed of the James Street, Albouystown killing which took place on Christmas Day in 2015, the man calmly exited the court smiling.

Justice Singh told Greaves that there was insufficient evidence for the case to go forward and he was free to go.
The state’s case was led by Abigail Gibbs, who told the court that the accused, Mark Greaves was held for the December 25, 2015 murder of Winston Fredericks called “Fluffy” in the county of Demerara.

The accused pleaded not guilty and was represented by defence attorney George Thomas.

The state called nine witnesses to take the stand.

In her opening statement, the prosecutor told the court that the accused reportedly stabbed the deceased during a heated argument.

She added that the men had a row and during the exchange, the accused reportedly inflicted the fatal stab wound on the deceased, who did odd jobs in the area.
The state called its first witness, Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan who testified that he performed the post- mortem on the body of the deceased on December 31, 2018 at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary.

Dr. Brijmohan told the court that he observed a stab wound to the left upper neck near the ear lobe on the body of the deceased.

He gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage as a result of a stab wound.