A Home Circuit Court jury on Wednesday freed Ian Mighty, 32, construction worker of Duhaney Park, St Andrew, of a murder charge.

Mighty was freed of the murder of 27-year-old construction worker Oneil Campbell, of Duhaney Park, at the end of a three-day trial which was presided over by Justice Horace Marsh.

The Crown led evidence that, on May 3, 2005, 27-year-old Oneil Campbell was fatally stabbed in the chest at a construction site at a school in Duhaney Park.

Crown witnesses, who were cross-examined by defence lawyer Ernest Davis, admitted Mighty was stabbed during the dispute.

Mighty said in his defence that he was attacked by a group of about nine men. He said he used his knife in self-defence.

Following summation by Justice Horace Marsh, the jury retired for two hours and freed Mighty.