Mark Royden Williams is likely to know his fate later today after a jury deliberates on the case presented against him by the prosecution for the 2007 murders of Rajesh Singh and Fazil Hakim.
The state closed its case late last week and sought to impress upon the jury in addresses yesterday that it was Williams called “Smallie” who had shot and killed the duo on the night of December 16th, 2007.
At the time, the now dead men were patrons of Narendra Mukhram’s liquor bar located opposite the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The state’s case presented by Prosecutor Lisa Cave, is that Williams and his accomplices carried out a robbery at the premises, during which Singh and Hakim were shot and killed.
The defence is, however, contending that not only was Williams not involved in the killings, but that he was not at the scene on the night in question either.
Leading his defence in an unsworn statement last Thursday, the accused professed his innocence.
Defence attorney Nigel Hughes had called as a witness, former co-accused, Michael Caesar, who was previously jointly-charged with Williams for the murders and is currently serving time for the offences after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges.
Caesar testified that Williams was not involved in the crime.
Detectives had said that Williams had provided a caution statement, detailing his involvement in the crime as the “lookout.”
The defence has, however, denied that the accused ever gave police any statement.
Williams’ story is that he did sign the statement which he said had already been prepared by the police.
According to him, he only signed the document because he had been badly beaten by the lawmen and could not endure any more licks.
Trial judge Sandil Kissoon is scheduled to make his summation of the case this morning, after which he will hand it over to the jury to deliberate a verdict.
