Accused Basil Morgan was yesterday cleared of the 2009 murder of Woodette Roberts by Justice James Bovell-Drakes, who upheld a no-case submission that he had previously overruled.
The judge had initially set yesterday morning for summing-up of the case for the jury, after which he would have been expected to hand it over to them for deliberation and the possible return of a verdict.
When the proceedings resumed at the High Court in Georgetown, however, Justice Drakes informed the court that after reviewing the evidence, he found that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Morgan was in any way responsible for Roberts’ murder. As a result, the judge directed the jury to unanimously return a formal not guilty verdict to the charge.
