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SENIOR RESIDENT Magistrate Judith Pusey has signalled that throwing out the case against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright "is a tall order". Pusey made the comments while listening to further arguments from defence counsel who are seeking to have the matter dumped.
Spencer's attorney Patrick Atkinson had asked the RM "not to punish our ability to defend our clients" as he charged prosecutorial misconduct against the Crown.
Spencer, the member of parliament for North East St Elizabeth, and his co-accused Coleen Wright are charged with fraud arising out of the implementation of the Cuban light-bulb project.
But Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), who is prosecuting the case, said Queen's Counsel K.D. Knight and Atkinson have been unkind in their comments about her handling of the matter.
In summing up the defence position before Pusey in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, Knight, Wright's lawyer, said the court has a duty to protect the accused as a result of the prosecution's handling of the case.
Despite the no-case submissions, Pusey questioned whether it would be wise to dismiss the case given the fact that Chin is the third of more than 20 witnesses scheduled to be called by the prosecution.
Caroline Hay, the senior deputy DPP, will continue the Crown's reply when the matter resumes next Wednesday.
Spencer's attorney Patrick Atkinson had asked the RM "not to punish our ability to defend our clients" as he charged prosecutorial misconduct against the Crown.
Spencer, the member of parliament for North East St Elizabeth, and his co-accused Coleen Wright are charged with fraud arising out of the implementation of the Cuban light-bulb project.
But Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), who is prosecuting the case, said Queen's Counsel K.D. Knight and Atkinson have been unkind in their comments about her handling of the matter.
In summing up the defence position before Pusey in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, Knight, Wright's lawyer, said the court has a duty to protect the accused as a result of the prosecution's handling of the case.
Despite the no-case submissions, Pusey questioned whether it would be wise to dismiss the case given the fact that Chin is the third of more than 20 witnesses scheduled to be called by the prosecution.
Caroline Hay, the senior deputy DPP, will continue the Crown's reply when the matter resumes next Wednesday.
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