Not guilty - Christine Hewitt's husband, his brother freed — prosecution fails to establish case for murder

Gordon & Hewitt

DAVID Gordon and his brother Worthsworth were yesterday acquitted of the murder of David's estranged wife and television personality Christine Hewitt.

Both men left the St Catherine Circuit Court in Spanish Town elated after Justice Leighton Pusey instructed the panel of 12 jurors to return a formal verdict of not guilty. Pusey's instruction to the jury came after he informed them that the prosecution had not satisfied the ingredients, in law, to establish that a murder had been committed.

"We don't know if the vehicle caught fire on accident or [if it was] deliberately [set ablaze]," Pusey said. In dismissing the men, Pusey told Worthsworth that there was no reason for him to have been charged in the first place. He told David that the prosecution did not prove its case against him. Both men were a picture of elation outside of court as they thanked their attorneys (Michael Deans for David and Pierre Rogers for Worthsworth), the judge, and jury. read more: