A man on trial for a capital offense yesterday fired his lawyer.

Leonard Barnett's sudden decision to get rid of his court-appointed lawyer Dorsey McPhee forced an adjournment in the trial.

Barnett is accused of the June 2004 shooting death of Rico Astair Farrington.

He was last seen alive when he left his parents' home on June 2 in his mother's black Ford Explorer.

Prosecutors allege that Barnett shot Farrington at Spinney Road in Grand Bahama and then transported his body to a wooded area off the East Sunrise Highway in the vehicle.

Farrington has denied the allegation at his trial before Justice Jon Isaacs. Isaacs said he would communicate with the registrar to see if another lawyer could be appointed at short notice. The matter had been adjourned to 11 a.m.

A witness said that he bought an Austria Glock .40 pistol from Barnett for $300.

Barnett is on remand at her Majesty's Prisons. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict at his first trial before Justice Hartman Longley.

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