No one has come out a winner in the murder trial of Tekle Zion Mallory, the accused's family said last night.

After Quincy Stanley (Jimbo) Brangman, 24, was acquitted yesterday of stabbing to death the 22-year-old outside the Ice Queen take-away restaurant in July 2001, his father and aunt said there were still many questions unanswered.

His father, Barry Wellman, watched as his son was cleared of murdering Mr. Mallory, but convicted of wounding with intent Lemuel Weeks and of being in possession of an offensive weapon - a knife - on the night of the brawl.

He is to be sentenced this morning.

"It's a tragedy," said Mr. Wellman.

"No one has really come to say what really happened that night. I grieve for the family of the dead boy because they still have questions; they want to know what happened to their son.

"But there are a lot of people that have not come out and told the truth. There was a lot of people there when it happened, but where have they been?"

Mr. Wellman called for further investigation into the death of Mr. Mallory, and said there were leads that should be followed up further by Police.

He said one witness told Police soon after the incident, and again reiterated her claim in court, that she saw a third, unknown man involved just moments before Mr. Mallory dropped to the ground and died.

Kizuwanda Van Putten told the court she had seen both Brangman and another man punching Mr. Mallory about his face and body, while acquitted Everett Jahni Bean had hold of the victim from behind.

And she said she saw the other man holding a "silver, shiny object" in his right hand just before he began to assault the victim.

Ms Van Putten then told the court that she believed the third, unknown man was the last person to punch Mr. Mallory before she saw blood and saw the victim drop to the ground.

Mr. Wellman said: "Back in 2001, a witness had mentioned about a third person having what could have been a knife, so why was it not pursued? I don't know.

"I don't have any satisfaction, not knowing the whole truth, and I'm sure the Mallory family can't accept it.

"The truth has not been brought out to them. The DNA tests showed that a third person was involved; there was unexplained blood from another person. We would like that researched.

"I had no doubt that Quincy would be found not guilty, but him being not guilty does not prove what happened. All those charges should not have been brought forward.

"No one has won."

But Mr. Wellman also said he believed Lemuel Weeks should have been charged with assault, after he admitted to Police and to the court that he had smashed a bottle in the face of Brangman during the fight outside Ice Queen.

"I feel sad about the whole thing. Everyone involved has been hurt by this."

Brangman's aunt, Debra Wellman, said the issues were much greater for the whole Island.

She said gang violence was growing out of control in Bermuda and people had to wake up before more people were killed.

She said: "I feel bad for the Mallory family. They should be able to find out the truth.

"There were other people involved on that night. Look at the number of people that left Somerset that night to go to Ice Queen. Where have they been?

"The friends he was out with have not been man enough to say `yes, we were out together but we did not stay together'.

"Something should be done about all of them, and not just pinpointing the two people they think did it. We have not won a thing."

The murder trial is believed to have led to a number of incidents during the last week as emotions and tempers heated up as the proceedings progressed.

Two bomb threats were made on court buildings last week, one directly on Supreme Court one where the trial was sitting, closing all of the courts for most of the day. On Monday night, while one of the murder accused, Everett Jahni Bean, was celebrating after being acquitted due to insufficient evidence, gunshots were fired towards his home in Warwick, wounding 15-year-old Nicky Tucker Jnr.

And yesterday, yet another bomb threat was made on the court buildings, although on this occasion, Supreme Court one continued to sit, while Magistrates Court was evacuated.

Since the threats began to materialise last week, the murder trial has been subjected to greater security, with a number of Police officers being on duty both inside and outside the court room.

Brangman's aunt yesterday afternoon said she felt sure more young, black men would be killed unless the Island got to grips with gang violence.

"We have to go back home tonight, and what if they are going to shoot at us?," said Ms Wellman. "These problems have been going on for years. Look what happened on New Year's Eve, with the riots on Front Street. That was all black boys out on the street, no white boys.

"What is happening to our young, black men? Why do young, black men want to fight other young black men?

"They are leaving school supposed to be graduates and they can't even read. What is the problem? They could not get up there (in court) and read the oath. If we don't do anything to help these young black men, instead of putting them in prison, there won't be any black, young boys left in ten years' time.

"There is one black boy dead and more to come because the fighting is not stopping."