A verdict is expected
next week in the trial of two men accused of the 2006 abduction and murder of Manchester businessman
Richard Lyn and his wife Julia.
Presiding judge, Mrs Justice Marva McIntosh began summing up the case Friday after prosecutors and defence attorneys completed their closing arguments.
Lennox Swaby and Calvin Powell are accused of the murder which sent shock waves through the Manchester business community.
Swaby and Powell gave testimony over the past two weeks in which they strongly denied committing the murders.
They claim the Lyns were killed by a policeman named Nicholas Stewart.
On Friday, their attorney, Dr. Randolph Williams urged the jurors to find them not guilty, claiming the killings were committed by Nicholas Stewart.
However, prosecutors led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer rubbished the men's claim.
She told the jury that there was no one serving within the police force by the name Nicholas Stewart and that the accused men had created a phantom in order to cover up their brutal act.
The prosecutor pointed to shoe print evidence which showed that Swaby had entered the Ingleside home of the victims.
Dwayne Hilderbrand, a shoe print expert from the United States was flown in by the Office of the DPP to give testimony.
The Lyns were found dead in a dump site in Manchester on December 30, 2006, three weeks after they went missing from their home which was robbed.
Appliances and furniture taken from the house were found in the possession of the two accused.
Powell led the police to the bodies following his arrest, but he later told the jury that he did not led the cops to the bodies.
Presiding judge, Mrs Justice Marva McIntosh began summing up the case Friday after prosecutors and defence attorneys completed their closing arguments.
Lennox Swaby and Calvin Powell are accused of the murder which sent shock waves through the Manchester business community.
Swaby and Powell gave testimony over the past two weeks in which they strongly denied committing the murders.
They claim the Lyns were killed by a policeman named Nicholas Stewart.
On Friday, their attorney, Dr. Randolph Williams urged the jurors to find them not guilty, claiming the killings were committed by Nicholas Stewart.
However, prosecutors led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer rubbished the men's claim.
She told the jury that there was no one serving within the police force by the name Nicholas Stewart and that the accused men had created a phantom in order to cover up their brutal act.
The prosecutor pointed to shoe print evidence which showed that Swaby had entered the Ingleside home of the victims.
Dwayne Hilderbrand, a shoe print expert from the United States was flown in by the Office of the DPP to give testimony.
The Lyns were found dead in a dump site in Manchester on December 30, 2006, three weeks after they went missing from their home which was robbed.
Appliances and furniture taken from the house were found in the possession of the two accused.
Powell led the police to the bodies following his arrest, but he later told the jury that he did not led the cops to the bodies.
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