Defence to make no-case submission in Tesha Miller trial

Tesha Miller's attorney Bert Samuels will make a no-case submission today in the Home Circuit Court.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the trial of Miller, who is accused of ordering the 2008 murder of then chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Douglas Chambers.

Miller faces charges of accessory before and after the fact to the murder.

During the trial, a self-proclaimed former member of the Spanish Town-based Clansman gang testified that Miller met with him and other men the day before the killing where they were told to create a diversion after the deed was done.

The witness also identified that Miller was the leader of the gang and outlined the hierarchy of the criminal organisation.

The witness, who testified that he has been a member of the gang since age 13, also told the court that some 13 members of his family were killed between 2013 and 2015.

He said that he decided to testify to put an end to the violence in Spanish Town.