A jury was selected yesterday to hear the trial of the man accused of the premeditated murder of 14-year-old Rhiana Moore.

Prosecutors are due to open the case against Ze Menefeskiduse Selassie, 33, today.

Rhiana's body was found in the mangroves at Blue Hole Park nature reserve on Saturday May 31 last year. Selassie, of Battery Park Road, St. David's, is accused of committing the murder on or about May 30. He denies the charge.

The jury selection process took most of yesterday morning, and resulted in seven women and four men being picked to hear the case. Prosecutor Cindy Clarke told the Supreme Court that the trial is expected to last around three weeks.

She read out a list of around 30 witnesses that the Crown intends to call, in order to ensure that the potential jurors do not know them. They include Police officers, doctors and the victim's mother Julieann Moore. The jury is also expected to hear from employees of the schools TN Tatem and East End Primary, two male car washers, a man who works at the Tynes Bay Incinerator, and further witnesses from Jamaica and America.

The jury members were sent home after they were sworn in, and lawyers spent the rest of the afternoon engaged in legal arguments.

The rest of the prosecution team consists of Michael McColm and Larissa Burgess, while John Perry QC and Elizabeth Christopher represent Selassie. Chief Justice Richard Ground is presiding over the case.