A Grand Court jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on one of three men accused of murdering Randy Kelsey Robinson who died in May this year after being stabbed.
Shaun Antonio Jackson, 22, was convicted of murdering Robinson, but acquitted of a less serious charges of wounding in relation to another victim.
He is one of three defendants who received mixed verdicts by the Grand Court jury of seven men and three women, who deliberated for the better part of seven hours.
Co-accused Johnathan Alexander Woodhouse, 28, was acquitted of murder and the lesser charge of manslaughter, but convicted of wounding with intent, in connection with a second victim who was injured during the knife attack.
Matthew Stefan Glasgow, 26, the third defendant, was acquitted of all charges.
Following the delivery of the verdicts, Jackson, dressed in all black, shook his head while sitting in silence.
The proceedings stem from a fight at Caribe Café on Shedden Road, George Town, in the early morning hours of Friday, 5 May 2023, during which Jackson used a large knife to stab Robinson, 37, who was taken to Cayman Islands Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Robinson’s stabbing, which occurred outside the line of sight of the CCTV camera, was one of two violent attacks that occurred simultaneously. In the other incident, a man was assaulted by Woodhouse.
That second victim went on to become the prosecution’s main witness. During the trial, he told the court that he remembers being approached by a man with a “funny walk” who threatened and followed him; causing him to fear for his life and launch a preemptive strike.
Jackson, who initially pleaded guilty to manslaughter, did not give evidence in the trial.
Woodhouse, taking to the stand in his defence, accepted that he and the second victim did engage in a fight, but claimed that he was pushed by someone from the back and began fighting after he was struck by the victim.
Following the verdicts, Glasgow was released, while Jackson and Woodhouse were remanded into custody ahead of a sentencing scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.
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