A West Coast Berbice man will be singing jingle bells at home this Christmas after being acquitted of a manslaughter charge. The man, Romeo Machado, was set free when Magistrate Robbie Benn upheld a no case submission in the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of the man’s friend, Mahadeo Shivraj.Freed Romeo Machado with lawyer Jerome KhanThe Magistrate felt that the state did not produce any evidence to prove that the accused had pushed his friend down a flight of stairs and ultimately caused his demise two weeks later.The matter was heard at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court, West Coast Berbice. Attorney-at-law Jerome Khan represented the accused while police prosecutors stood for the state.According to the police, Machado had killed his friend on July 24,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, 2011 at Winner Circle Pools Hall Number Two Village, West Berbice. They said that the accused and the deceased had been drinking at the pools hall that night event and eventually got into an argument.The police stated that due to the uproar, the men were asked to leave the establishment. It was at that point when they were exiting the building,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, the police charged,Cheap NFL Jerseys, that the accused shoved his friend down the flight of stairs causing him serious injuries.Mahadeo Shivraj was rushed to the hospital and succumbed to his injuries two weeks subsequently.Persons who were reportedly at the scene at the time crime gave evidence on behalf of the prosecution. At least seven witnesses testified. But they all proved useless when they could not say that they actually saw the defendant push the man down the steps.The attorney argued?that there was no Post Mortem report tendered into evidence and as such the court could not ascertain the operative cause of Mahadeo’s death. This should be noted he suggested, as result of the deceased dying subsequent to the alleged incident.In handing down his decision, Magistrate Benn stated that “the prosecution failed to present a single piece of evidence linking the defendant to the crime,Cheap Jerseys From China, either by his act or admission”.? He said that in the absence of the?post mortem report or evidence of a medical doctor?it would be speculation on what caused Mahadeo’s death.At the end of the 17-month long pre trial hearing,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the lawyer argued that his client had no case to answer and the court agreed.