THE High Court trial of three men who are accused of murdering Rubis accountant, Jason Cort, in 2015, is expected to commence today before a 12-member jury.

Stancy Rodney, 30; Linton Eastman, 33, and Clifton Gibson, 33, have all pleaded not guilty to the charge which states that on June 17, 2015, at Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown, during the course of a robbery, they murdered Cort.

The trio will stand trial for the capital offence before JusticeSandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court.

The state is being represented by prosecutor Lisa Cave, while attorneys-at-law Glen Hanoman, George Thomas and Melville Duke are on record for the defendants.

In 2020, the case was aborted twice in the interest of justice by Justice Brassington Reynolds.

According to reports, on the day in question at about 22:30hrs, Cort was shot to the chest when gunmen invaded his home. The perpetrators later escaped with his licensed firearm, cellphone, gold band, chain, ring and an Xbox console.

Cort had just returned home from an outing with his girlfriend. She was also in the house at the time of the incident but was unhurt.

One person from the community had indicated that after hearing the loud explosion and looking outside, he observed persons scaling the fence of Cort’s home and fleeing up the road.