Closing arguments in a case involving a man allegedly beaten so badly he suffered multiple serious injuries, were yesterday made in Supreme Court.

Crown prosecutor Cindy Clarke and defence counsels Larry Mussenden and Llewellyn Peniston delivered their speeches to the three-man, nine-woman jury charged with deciding the fate of Carlena Caines and Frederick Anthony Swann.

Swann, 27, is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to 32-year-old Damon Robinson.

Caines, 29, is accused of helping her alleged boyfriend Jermaine Simmons flee the scene of the crime and the Island.

The 27-year-old left the Island on a sudden trip to Alabama, hours after the alleged beating.

Caines and Swann deny the charges.

The prosecution has argued that Simmons and Swann beat Mr. Robinson unconscious outside Champions Sports Club on Reid Street on August 15, 2009. Mr. Robinson suffered a broken jaw in two places, a collapsed left lung and bleeding and swelling to his brain.

Ms Clarke said yesterday: "It's going to be my submission that all the witnesses who gave evidence were consistent with each other and the video footage. If you believe the witnesses for the Crown, we say there is no self-defence raised.

"You have to consider the evidence against Mr. Swann and, if you are satisfied, that he caused serious harm to Damon and he meant to cause him serious harm.

"You should be satisfied so that you feel sure that Ms Caines knew that Jermaine had been involved in this assault and that he caused and meant to cause grievous bodily harm."

Swann's lawyer, Mr. Mussenden, said: "Mr. Swann is innocent. He is innocent at this point until proven otherwise. The Crown is going to have to prove to you that Freddy Swann, if he did any grievous bodily harm to Damon Robinson, that he intended to do it.

"Freddy Swann says he was acting in self-defence when Damon came at him with the bottle. You're going to have to determine that. Freddy Swann doesn't have to prove that he acted in self-defence.

"My Lady will tell you that the Crown has to prove that Freddy Swan didn't act in self-defence. Why did Damon cross the road? He crossed the road because he knew he was armed."

Mr. Peniston said because his client, Caines, was behind the bar at Champions during the alleged fight she could not see it or know it had happened.

"If a fight took place on the lawn of the Cabinet building, how could you [the jurors] see that fight down on the lawn? There was no way that my client could see what happened down on Reid Street."

Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons is due to sum up the case today and send the jury out to reach a verdict.