Lawyers representing two of the six men accused of a Hamilton Parish mob attack yesterday urged a jury to clear their clients.

The six 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 has described how he was set upon near his family home in Hamilton Parish by a large group of men wielding weapons.

Defence lawyers in the case do not dispute that the victim was brutally attacked and suffered serious injuries. However, they insist those accused — Detroy Smith, 24, Kyle Williams Tannock, 28, Bennett Phipps, 26, Allan Douglas, 22, Kaiwan Trott, 25, and Kiwaun Gilbert, 23 were never at the scene.

They've suggested Mr. Furbert lied when he told the jury during the Supreme Court trial that he saw all six involved.

During his closing speech yesterday, lawyer Craig Attridge, who represents Trott, urged the jury to believe Trott's alibi that he was at home sleeping in front of the television at the time.

He said Mr. Furbert's claims to have seen Trott during the attack are inconsistent within themselves, and with the accounts of other eyewitnesses.

"If you consider, as I do, that Temasgan Furbert has done nothing but lie to you, that should lead you inexorably towards not guilty verdicts," he told the all-female jury.

"I'm not denying that Temasgan Furbert was horrifically assaulted but are you sure that Kaiwan Trott was involved and not at home?"

Also picking holes in Mr. Furbert's evidence and accusing him of lying on oath, Gilbert's lawyer Allan Doughty said Mr. Furbert was caught in an "outright lie". Mr. Furbert denied throwing rocks at the mob before it set upon him but two other eyewitnesses said they saw him do so, and the prosecutor conceded Mr. Furbert may have lied.

"He lied to you after swearing on the Bible and invoking the name of the Almighty that he was going to tell you the truth," said Mr. Doughty.

Gilbert's estranged wife gave evidence in his defence that they spent the evening in question together at a restaurant and out for a drive.

The six deny assaulting Mr. Furbert with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. All of them with the exception of Smith are also accused of smashing the windows of his home before the assault. They deny that too. Douglas further denies possessing a machete and Williams Tannock denies being armed with a baseball bat.

The case continues.