expected today after Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Meerabux sums up.

Gregory David Zuill, 26, Kenneth Larry Wade, 31, and Kujii Jomar Wade, 19, are accused of entering the home of Michael King armed with a steel rod and plank of wood and beating him about the head on October 4.

The accused men maintain they acted in self-defence after they went to King's house to talk with him.

The two Wade brothers with nephew Zuill, claimed they wanted to extract an apology from King who repeatedly beat their sister -- King's ex-girlfriend, Rochelle Cooper.

Yesterday Crown Counsel Mr. Peter DeJulio urged the ten-woman two-man jury not to be swayed by sympathy for Cooper.

"He (King) may have deserved it but that is not the point here,'' he said.

"It may be that he did beat her up but that is not the issue. He may have violent tendencies but it was not he who started the fight on October 4.'' And he warned jurors not to be swayed by emotion.

"We live in a civilised society. We cannot operate on the basis of an eye for an eye. If you allow it this time where does it go?'' he asked.

"Do not let emotion interfere -- if you let that happen we will end up with the law of the jungle.'' Ms Elizabeth Christopher representing Kujii Wade, said the men had reason to fear King who weighed more than 200 pounds and had previous convictions for violence.

"They went together for protection. They knew King was a big man and kept weapons in the house,'' she said referring to Cooper's claim that King beat her with a cedar stick kept in the bedroom.

Mr. Delroy Duncan, representing Gregory Zuill, argued his client acted in self-defence and that King was a not a credible witness.

"He (King) said to Gregory Zuill, `I'll talk to you in the bedroom', and we know what was in the bedroom,'' Mr. Duncan said.

"They knew the worst thing was if he went to get the cedar stick and re-entered the fray. When they saw he didn't get it, everything stopped.'' Kenneth Wade is represented by Ms Keren Lomas.