This also prematurely ended the murder trial for 41 year-old Alwyn Gabb in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. He was accused of killing 30 year old Nolan Arana on July 1, 2007.

The stabbing occurred through Gladden Alley, an alley that is near to 11 Fairweather Street where the home of Arana's co-worker, Michelle Lennon, is located. Two witnesses had testified for the prosecution. Lennon, the chief witness, said that she was at home when she got a call from Arana who asked her for some food. She said when Arana came to the fence by her house, her ex-common law husband, Gabb, accused him of having an affair with her and attacked him and stabbed him multiple times in his body. The trial had been going on for about 3 weeks.

Justice Lord discharged the jury of 7 men and 5 women and traversed the case until next session, set to start on September 17, because of the threat of tropical storm Ernesto and the warnings issued by NEMO. Justice Lord said that a new jury will be empanelled when the trial starts.

That effectively ended the case, but 7News has confirmed that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was having difficulty because there were parts of the case file missing. These parts included original witness statements.

As a result, Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez had to make submissions to Justice Lord in a trial within this trial in attempt to verify the copies by having the witnesses tell the court that they gave those statements, thereby authenticating them.

Ramirez told us tonight that this difficulty would not have greatly affected his case because his main witnesses already gave the court strong evidence against Gabb.