If there is any doubt you must acquit, judge instructs jurors in kartel's trial

Justice Lennox Campbell in giving final instructions to jurors in the Vybz Kartel murder trial Thursday morning said that the first main issue to determine in the case is whether or not Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams is dead. 

Justice Campbell said that there is no direct “I see” evidence in the case, but added that death can be proven by circumstantial evidence.  

“If there is any doubt you must acquit,” he told the jurors.

Williams also cautioned them not to speculate, but to ground their judgement on the evidence presented. “You are bound by the evidence alone,” he instructed as he cautioned jurors not to allow feelings of sympathy to cloud their judgement.

“You can have no sympathy for the accused men or for Clive Williams,” he said.

Justice Williams told the jurors that they can’t use the fact that Jamaica is plagued by crime against the accused men.

He also cautioned them not to take Kartel’s music or the evidence of “locking of guns” into consideration in arriving at their verdict.

“People's morals are not on trial,” said Justice Williams.