Twenty-five-year-old Nigel Thomas of James and Victoria Streets, Albouystown, Georgetown, who was on trial for the murder of Kyle Chase, was on Wednesday freed after a jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
The young man was accused of murdering 23-year-old Kyle Chase during a scuffle at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown on December 30, 2019. Seven days later, he was charged and remanded to prison. After a preliminary inquiry, he was admitted to stand trial in the High Court.
It was reported that both Thomas and the late Chase had shared a relationship with a female, and on the night in question, they were invited over to her house at Mazaruni Street, Guyhoc Park, Georgetown. While at the house, an argument that broke out between the two men quickly escalated into a scuffle, during which Thomas was allegedly struck in the head, thus rendering him unconscious. He subsequently regained consciousness at the Georgetown Public Hospital, but it was only then that he was informed that Chase had been stabbed.
During the trial, presided over by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the Demerara High Court, Thomas was represented by Dexter Todd, Jevon Cox, and Donette Anthony, while the state was represented by Cicelia Corbin, Simran Gajraj, Rabina Christmas and Madana Rampersaud.
