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A jury in the High Court of Justice has returned a not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Nathaniel Simons.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>

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Simons was represented by leading criminal defence lawyer Wendel Robinson.<\/p>\n

The jury began deliberating late this morning and returned with their decision shortly after 3pm.<\/p>

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Simons was charged with the murder of Phillip Lugg on 7th June, 2020 in Potters Village.<\/p>

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After two years of waiting in agony with a murder charge over his head, barber Nathaniel Simons is finally free.<\/p>\n

It was said that Simons stabbed his roommate, Phillip Lugg, on June 7 2020 during a fight in their Potters home.<\/p>

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Twenty-eight-year-old Lugg\u2019s lifeless body was reportedly found on the roadside outside the house with blood oozing from his mouth and nose.<\/p>\n

And despite heart compressions performed by a technician from the Emergency Medical Services, Lugg reportedly died before an ambulance arrived half an hour later.<\/p>

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Throughout the trial which began in early July, no one seemed to have seen Simons stab Lugg and it also appeared that Lugg was the aggressor.<\/p>

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Attorneys Wendel Robinson and Saska Diamond used that as one of the bases for their defence.<\/p>\n

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They argued that since the two men struggled on the floor for quite a while with a sharp object, and no one saw a stabbing taking place, it was an accident.<\/p>\n

They also argued self-defence since evidence showed that Lugg threw tea cups at Simons, one of which struck him in the head.<\/p>\n

The jury, after just a couple of hours, returned a not guilty verdict, finally allowing Simons to return to a life of freedom.<\/p>\n

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