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Accused men to know fate July 23 by Derek Achong Two men, accused of murdering six-year-old Sean Luke over 15 years ago, are expected to learn their fate on July 23. High Court Judge Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds set the date for the verdict in Richard Chatoo and Akeel Mitchell’s judge-alone trial after Chatoo completed his defence during a virtual hearing yesterday. Ramsumair-Hinds is expected to hear submissions from prosecutors and the duo’s defence attorneys on the legal issues in the case on Friday before listening to their closing addresses on how to consider the evidence, next week. ....
Lawyer mounts no-case submission: by Derek Achong Lawyers representing one of two men accused of murdering six-year-old Sean Luke as teenagers has claimed that his semen being found on Luke’s underwear is not proof that he murdered him. Akeel Mitchell’s lawyer Mario Merritt made the suggestion yesterday as he presented a no-case submission for his client during a virtual hearing before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds. “All the semen on the shorts prove is that he (Mitchell) may or may not have had sex with the deceased. It does not take us further than that,” Merritt said. ....
State gets green light to use DNA evidence against accused by Derek Achong The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been given the green light to use DNA evidence in the trial of two men, accused of murdering Sean Luke when they were teenagers. Delivering a decision at the start of yesterday’s hearing of Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo’s judge-alone trial, High Court judge Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds dismissed an application to stay the indictment against Mitchell, which was brought as prosecutors sought to introduce the evidence when the trial was already at an advanced stage. ....
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