Pusey case continues

The trial involving 26-year-old labourer, Sheldon Pusey, should begin this afternoon.



Pusey has been on trial since January 19 for the murder of Ambassador Peter King.



The case was scheduled to continue this morning but it had to be put off because Pusey fell ill.



When the matter resumes at 2 o’clock, the defence will continue presenting its arguments to the jury.



The Crown closed its case in the Ambassador Peter King murder case on February 12.



During the three-week-and-a-half-week trial, 17 Crown witnesses were called to the stand.



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.



One policeman testified that Pusey confessed to cutting King’s throat because the ambassador 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.