Lawyers for accused in faeces attack on columnist say charge unproven

Attorneys for the three men charged with dousing newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon with human faeces yesterday told a court that the prosecution failed to prove its case against them.

The attorneys were at the time presenting closing arguments on behalf of PPP members Kwame McCoy and Jason Abdulla, and former bodyguard Shawn Hinds, who have claimed innocence.

The three men are accused of assaulting Kissoon by dousing him with human faeces during an attack in 2010.

When the trial continued before Magistrate Judy Latchman in Georgetown yesterday, attorney Latchmie Rahamat,