A child murder trial moved from George Town to Cayman Brac on Wednesday for a site visit.
The jury, lawyers and Justice Emma Peters left the Grand Court in George Town to travel to the Brac as part of the trial of Devon Emmanuel Wright, who is accused of the abduction and murder of Alissady Powell, who was 2, on the Sister Island four years ago.
The prosecution, led by English barrister Jonas Hankin, KC, told the court that the motive for the alleged killing might never be established, but that there was no requirement to prove one.
Prosecutors told the jury earlier this week that Alissady appeared happy and healthy in a video call with family members the night before her body was found on the ironshore on the morning of 26 July, 2022.
The body was found at about 9am less than a mile from the home she lived in with her mother, the defendant and the defendant’s cousin.
The court heard that Alissady’s mother and the cousin were not implicated in the alleged offences.
Wright, then 33, pleaded not guilty to the charges when he first appeared in Grand Court last October.
The trial, which is expected to last four weeks, continues.
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