Brian Sherlock six years ago.

Paco Fubler denied murdering Mr. Sherlock, but yesterday pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to manslaughter.

The plea came after Crown counsel Patrick Doherty and Fubler's lawyer Mark Telemaque spent a week locked in legal arguments in the absence of the jury.

Assistant Justice Charles Etta-Simmons instructed the jury, who did not hear any evidence, to find Fubler not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

Mr. Sherlock, a Mid-Ocean Club caddy, was found by a passer-by lying in a pool of blood in a Dundonald Street car park early on May 20, 1994.

He was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital suffering from stab and head wounds but died later.

A coroner's inquest in 1997 heard conflicting accounts of how Mr. Sherlock, 38, died.

The facts of the case will be read out today when Fubler, 25, of Sunset View Road, is sentenced.

At the inquest, Fubler implicated himself, Damion Smith and Michael Robinson in the killing.

He alleged Mr. Smith picked up a piece of wood and split it into three so each man could beat Mr. Sherlock when they saw him lying in the car park. Mr.

Smith's cousin, Sean Smith, had focused blame on Fubler and Mr. Robinson. In a Police statement, Mr. Smith said his cousin told him he got Fubler and Mr.

Robinson to attack Mr. Sherlock, but he later said his statement was untrue.

Mr. Robinson reportedly offered a third version in which he claimed he was an innocent person caught up in the "wrong place at the wrong time''.

He alleged Mr. Smith came up with the idea of killing someone and that their victim would be the first person they saw.

The inquest heard that he told Police that the three got their weapons from trash at the junction of Princess and Elliot Streets. He alleged that Fubler and Mr. Smith carried out the attack but that he watched and did nothing to stop it.