VYBZ KARTEL MURDER TRIAL ENDING: Waiting for verdict as Prosecution, defence score on closing arguments....Kartel painted as an arrogant, conceited person who thought he was above the law when he plotted to murder Williams over two missing guns.

LEAD prosecutor Jeremy Taylor and defence attorney Miguel Lorne both scored crucial points during their closing arguments in the Vybz Kartel murder trial in the High Court in downtown Kingston yesterday.

Continuing his marathon presentation, which began on Tuesday, Taylor launched into convincing arguments as to why Vybz Kartel (real name Adidja Palmer) and the other four accused — Shawn 'Shawn Storm' Campbell,

Kahira Jones, André St John and Shane Williams — should be convicted of the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams.

He painted Kartel as an arrogant, conceited person who thought he was above the law when he plotted to murder Williams over two missing guns.

He said Kartel seemed to be expressing glee when he referred to Williams as 'mince meat' in a BlackBerry message.

"He thinks I am untouchable, I am the Worl' Boss, nothing can happen to me," Taylor told the jurors.

Referring to text and BlackBerry messages extracted from a phone ascribed to Kartel, Taylor pointed out that when Kartel discovered that he was a murder suspect he tried everything to flee the island fast.

"Police were looking at the house so he wanted to be outside of Jamaica," he said.

He also looked back at the evidence of the prosecution's star witness who testified under oath that he was inside the Swallowfield, Havendale house when Williams was attacked and had to flee for his life. more