White not guilty of murder; jury hung on manslaughter

Richard White, accused of killing Mark Tingling in 2004 walked free this evening in the Supreme Court. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated from before noon until four-thirty this evening, but found White not guilty of murder. They were unable to arrive at a decision on his manslaughter charge. The main witness in the case, Barrington White, testified he saw two men, including Richard White, who is a relative, standing close to Mark Tingling, but claims he was unable to determine who did the actual shooting and said he only heard the gunshot. Tingling was fatally shot in the chest on the night of March sixth, 2004, on Neal Pen Road. Police recovered a pen gun at the scene. Before dismissing White, Justice Troadio Gonzalez told him that although he was allowed to leave, the Director of Public Prosecutions may choose to bring him back to face the manslaughter charge again due to the hung jury. White was defended by Attorney Lionel Welch, while the case for the crown was prosecuted by Kamar Henry.