COME next Tuesday, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall is expected to sum up the evidence in the trial of Alvin Reid, called ‘Satan,’ who is accused of killing 14-year-old Malika Hamilton, in August 2016.

Reid, formerly of Nimrod Street, Ann’s Grove, East Cost Demerara (ECD) had pleaded not guilty to the indictment which read that between August 8 and August 9, 2016, he murdered Hamilton.

He is being represented by attorneys-at-law Konyo Sandiford and Iyanna Butts, while prosecutors Simran Gajraj, Muntaz Ali and Taneisha Saygon are on record for the State.

On Monday, the prosecution and defence gave their closing statements, following which, the judge adjourned the case until October 25, for her summation.

Following the summing up, the judge will hand over the case to the 12-member jury, who will then retire to consider the verdict.

The ‘Miss African Calabash 2014’ beauty queen had left her home at Two Friends Village, Ann’s Grove, ECD, but never returned.

According to reports, the deceased and the accused were known to each other and, on August 8, 2016, they went to swim at Hope Canal. The teenager was not seen alive again. Her body was discovered the following day in the canal.

Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, conducted an autopsy on the body of Hamilton and found that she had been brutally bludgeoned to her head, strangled and dumped alive in the canal.

Police later went searching for Reid and found him hiding in a barrel at a relative’s house. He was subsequently charged and remanded.