| Attorney-at-Law, Madan Kissoon, told the court, yesterday,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, that there is no evidence by the prosecution which established that his client, Ralph Tyndall had participated in the murder of 56-year-old Colleen Forrester.Murder Accused Antony De Paul HopeForrester was allegedly strangled and beaten to death with a pestle (mortar stick) at her brother’s house at Lot 55 William Street, Campbellville, on December 26, 2007. The woman was last seen on the premises that evening by her granddaughter Nikita Semple, who was in her company.She was reported missing after neighbours noticed something was amiss and raised an alarm.On January 6, 2008, Forrester’s body was found by police ranks; her ankles were bound and her body wrapped in sheets before it was tossed into the septic tank. Her nephew, Anthony De Paul Hope and his friends, Ralph Tyndall and Kevin O’Neil were accused of the crime.O’Neil, of Seaforth Street,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Campbellville, has since been acquitted but the other two persons were called upon to lead their defence.Yesterday, Tyndall’s Attorney summarized the prosecution’s case against his client. The lawyer noted that there were a number of inconsistencies in the evidence provided by the Prosecution’s main witness,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Nikita Semple.Kissoon noted that although Semple had a clearly vivid recollection of what transpired the night her grandmother disappeared,Cheap Jerseys, her statement was vague and didn’t add up at certain points.The Lawyer also argued that after eight years his client, had stuck to his story, in which he recounted that he saw Hope standing over his injured aunt with a piece of wood in his hand, the night she allegedly disappeared.However Hope‘s Attorney, Melvin Duke, strongly argued that his client had nothing to do with the death of his 56-year-old aunt.Duke in his final statements asked the Jury to consider what his client had told them about the night his aunt disappeared, that she left the house with elder Smith.The Lawyer also pointed out that it was after seven years that the same Elder Smith came to court, in an attempt to rebut evidence.Smith, in his testimony, rebutted information provided by Hope, that he was the last person to be seen with Forrester, the night she disappeared.He further told the court that his relationship with Colleen Forrester was in effect,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, platonic—the relationship never exceeded that.Smith maintained that his only involvement with Colleen Forrester and the immediate members of her family was through her attendance of the spiritual church in East La Penitence, for which he is an elder.However yesterday, Duke asked the panel to consider the kind of man Smith is, “No ordinary man,” and very authoritative individual who had control over a church and congregation. The Attorney also shared the view that the police failed to do a proper investigation. He claimed that this same elder Smith had paid the police and had been “controlling everything.”The prosecution, Duke told jurors, has no case.” There was no eyewitness, no fingerprints,Wholesale Jerseys, no blood samples…”Added to that, Duke said that the two accused had no motive or reason to murder Forrester. He reminded the panel that his client had professed love for his aunt. He would never stand there and watch someone murder his auntie.The trial will continue today. State’s Counsel Stacy Gooding and Diana Kaulesar are expected to submit the closing arguments before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. |
