No‑Case Submission Crumbles; Nah Claims Wrong Man Is on Trial

As that case moves forward, another high‑profile murder trial also intensified in Belize City, where Elmer Nah was ordered to stand trial after his no‑case submission collapsed in court. Justice Nigel Pilgrim delivered a swift blow to Nah’s defense today, taking just twenty seconds to reject his no‑case submission and ordering him to face three murder charges. Nah then spent twenty-seven minutes in the dock, insisting he wasn’t the shooter and repeating, as he put it, the “old cliché”, “It wasn’t me.” He denied any role in the killings and said enhanced video footage would point to the real killer. He urged authorities not to “feed the family with lies” and ended with, “I am here to speak the truth… so help me God.” Nah called no alibi witnesses, despite previously relying on his cousin during the voir dire. Key evidence already admitted includes the statement of main witness Vivian Ramnarace, boots police say were found in Nah’s pickup, and a headlamp allegedly worn during the murders. Dr. Lynden Jones, Nah’s attorney, shared brief comments after the court’s decision.

 

Dr. Lynden Jones, Attorney-at-law

“Today, we got the decision for the no-case submission. The court overruled our application for a no-case submission. The details of that overruling will be given at a later date, in writing. This morning was short. It was put to our client that he could remain silent, he could give a dock statement or he could take the stand. Our client had taken the stand before in the voir dire and that evidence is being incorporated into the main case. Therefore, he decided to give a dock statement. In that dock statement, he was bringing up about the boots, the different colors of the boots that had been brought out in evidence. The chip that contains the original videos of the shooting… that went missing. And, additionally, he was saying about the tattoo, that they were trying say that he had just put on the tattoo, but he placed it to October 31^st, 2003, here in Belize. Therefore, after he gave his dock statement, now we must do closing submissions to try and finalize this case.”