Crown closes in King case
Published:Thursday | February 12, 2009 | 6:13 PM
The Crown today closed its case in the Ambassador Peter King murder case.
Twenty six year old labourer, Sheldon Pusey, has been on trial for the murder since January 19.
During the three-week-and-a-half-week trial, 17 Crown witnesses were called to the stand.
Tomorrow, defence lawyer Berry Bryan is expected to present his closing arguments in the absence of the 12-member jury.
The Crown is alleging that Pusey stabbed and chopped Ambassador King at his home between March 19 and 20, 2006.
But Pusey’s lawyer is claiming that King was killed in self-defence.
During the trial, one policeman said Pusey confessed to cutting King’s throat because he was making sexual advances on him.
The policeman also told the court that Pusey\'s lawyer Berry Bryan was present when the confession was made.
But under cross-examination Bryan suggested that he was not present when Pusey made the statement.