No-case submissions overruled

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday overruled no-case submissions made by defence counsel, Sandil Kissoon on behalf of Kevin Rankin who is accused of murdering his two-year-old cousin.

The prosecution’s case is that on October 21, 2013, at South Haslington, East Coast Demerara, Rankin called ‘Lil Man,’ who was 15-years-old at the time, murdered Kimani Phillips.

Kissoon submitted that a prima facie case had not been made out after state attorneys, Nerissa Leander and Tuana Hardy closed their