A marathon session at Supreme Court saw three men convicted tonight of a brutal mob attack, one cleared, and a hung jury in the case of two others.

In a rare move, the jury in the case was sent to a hotel overnight so they can continue to deliberate tomorrow on the fate of the two men they could not decide upon.

All six men on trial are said by prosecutors to have wounded Temasgan Furbert with intent to do him grievous bodily harm on the night of February 27 2009.

The 23-year-old victim described how he was set upon near his family home in Hamilton Parish by a group of 20 to 25 men. They attacked him using their fists, feet, and a variety of weapons including an electric drill, bats, machetes and a cane.

Mr. Furbert claimed to have seen each of the accused men during the incident, which left him unconscious and with four missing teeth, his top lip hanging off, and machete cuts to his body.

He said Bennett Phipps, 26, pressed the switched-on power drill into skin behind his ear and on his chest, leaving him with cuts. He claimed Kaiwan Trott, 25, kicked him and punched him and hit him with an unspecified weapon.

Mr. Furbert described Kyle Williams Tannock, 28, hitting him in the side with a baseball bat and Detroy Smith, 24, hitting him with a cane. He said Kiwaun Gilbert, 23, kicked him repeatedly. He said Allan Douglas Jr, 22, used a machete to chop his sides.

Prior to attacking him, the mob had smashed the windows of his family home while his sister, brother-in-law and their three young children were inside. All the defendants apart from Smith were charged with wilful damage in respect of that incident.

And Williams Tannock and Douglas faced addition charges of possessing offensive weapons — a baseball bat and machete respectively.

The jury was out deliberating on the case for a total of nine hours yesterday, in a day of twists and turns in the case.

They were first sent out at 11.13 a.m. They came back at 5.26 p.m and delivered unanimous verdicts of not guilty in respect of all five men accused of wilful damage to the victim’s family home.

However, they were unable to reach unanimous verdicts on the wounding and weapons charges.

Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves told them at that point he would accept verdicts upon which at least nine of them agreed.

As a result, at 7.30 p.m, they came back in and delivered some more verdicts. They found Tannock Williams, Phipps and Gilbert guilty by majority verdicts of wounding Mr. Furbert with intent to do him bodily harm.

Fingerprints from the three men they convicted had been found on helmet visors recovered from the scene. They were all remanded into custody pending sentence. Williams Tannock had to be restrained by prison guards as he swore at the judge and yelled: “Take me to Westgate!”

They cleared Trott of the wounding charge, and he walked free from court.

They were unable to reach a verdict upon which all nine of them agreed in respect of Smith and Douglas — and told the judge they wanted to be sequestered overnight in a hotel so they can continue deliberations tomorrow.

See tomorrow’s edition of The Royal Gazette for the full story on today’s events, and www.theroyalgazette.com for breaking news on the case tomorrow.