Closing speeches were yesterday heard in the Supreme Court trial of a man charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Mendall Outerbridge is accused of killing 22-year-old Raymond Curtis in the early hours of September 6, 2008 a charge he denies.

Prosecutors acknowledge that Mr. Curtis was already lying along Malabar Road, Sandys for unknown reasons, when he was run over and suffered multiple fatal injuries.

They say Outerbridge could have avoided him if he had not been travelling in excess of 50 kilometres per hour on a blind bend on the wrong side of the road.

Crown prosecutor Robert Welling told the court Outerbridge should be convicted based on the evidence.

"I said [at the start of the trial] that we were going to prove two things: that Mr. Outerbridge drove dangerously and that in doing so, he caused the death of Mr. Curtis. And we say that now that you have heard the evidence, you can safely come to the conclusion."

He continued: "You are entitled to draw all reasonable inferences from the evidence and I think it's pretty clear that not a great deal of evidence was in dispute. You know that Raymond Curtis had twice the legal amount of alcohol in his body. You know that he had been using cannabis. You know that he was laying comatose."

In tape-recorded admissions to the Police played to the jury this week, Outerbridge said Mr. Curtis might have been dead before his car hit him.

Mr. Welling said yesterday: "The fact that this man was having his last breath is conclusive that he was having his last dying breath after he was struck by Mr. Outerbridge. I simply conclude by saying that the burden lies with you and it's a high burden. But when you evaluate the evidence, you will come to the conclusion that Mr. Outerbridge is guilty of driving dangerously and causing the death of Raymond Curtis."

Outerbridge's lawyer, Mark Pettingill, said: "It's not my role to bring evidence and prove anything. The test is you have to reach a verdict being beyond all reasonable doubt. You must do so because you feel sure about your verdict in order to say the word guilty.

"If you are left with questions and with doubts that are unanswered you must acquit even if the prosecution's case seems to stack up a little bit more. You need to focus on the evidence in this case. If it doesn't fit, it's not for the defence to come along and explain to you why not or prove to you why not. It's enough for it to be out there unanswered.

"Why was Raymond Curtis in the middle of the road on that night? You know what the answer is. We don't."

Outerbridge admits driving without a licence and insurance in an unlicensed car, but denies causing death by dangerous driving.

Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves is due to sum up the case Monday morning and send the jury out to deliberate.