The jury hearing the trial of a teenager accused of double murder heard the final piece of evidence on Friday and is due to hear the closing speeches today.

Darronte Dill, 19, first went on trial on November 24 accused of killing homeless friends Maxwell Brangman and Frederick Gilbert. The victims were stabbed to death as they slept in a shed near the Black Horse Tavern in St. David's last September.

Prosecutors believe others may also have been involved, but Dill is the sole defendant on trial.

Giving evidence in his own defence earlier this week, Dill claimed he is not the killer and another man investigated Roger Lightbourne Sr. was the true culprit.

The jury has heard how Mr. Lightbourne protested his innocence to the Police after his arrest, and helped them by engaging Dill in a conversation in the Police cells, which two undercover detectives taped.

During that conversation, Dill confessed to committing the murders with an accomplice that he named as Mr. Lightbourne Sr.'s son, Roger Jr. When the Police told Dill they knew of his cell confession, he made a second confession during a tape-recorded interview.

However, when Dill took the witness stand earlier this week he told the jury he only confessed in order to "take the rap" for Mr. Lightbourne Sr. out of fear.

Friday, defence lawyer Anesta Weeks QC read a statement from Pc Frederick Blunt, the gaoler on duty at Hamilton Police Station on September 30, 2008 when Roger Lightbourne Sr. was in custody there.

In his statement, Pc Blunt explained that Mr. Lightbourne Sr. asked him for advice, and he recommended he should speak with his lawyer. However, Mr. Lightbourne Sr. went on to say he was not a murderer, and he knew who did the murder and where the evidence was.

Pc Blunt said Mr. Lightbourne Sr. told him he believed his son might be involved as he hangs out with the persons responsible for the killings. Pc Blunt went to tell his superiors. Later that day, Mr. Lightbourne Sr. went on to offer to help the Police with the sting operation in the cells.

After the statement was read, Ms Weeks closed the case for the defence. Chief Justice Richard Ground told the jury they would hear closing speeches and his summing-up of the case next week. He expects to send them out to consider their verdict on Tuesday or Wednesday.