THE jury in the alleged Curtis Warren drugs plot were told they had to “be sure” of guilt before they convict.

The final defence closing speeches were made to St Helier’s Royal Court yesterday.

The jury are set to go out to consider their verdicts next week.

Yesterday, Michael Preston, advocate for one of Warren’s five co-accused, Oliver Lucas, said the jury could not convict because they hadn’t been “shown the full picture”.

The court has already heard Jersey police lied to international colleagues after they were denied permission to bug a car, driven by Warren’s “right-hand man” John Welsh from France to Holland to do the alleged deal.

Judge Sir Richard Tucker described their conduct as “reprehensible” and “unlawful”.

Mr Preston said: “The Crown have shown you part of the picture.

“That is because the rest of the picture makes them very uncomfortable.”

Warren, who gave a Jersey address of Garden Lane, St Helier, to the court; Welsh, of Somerset Place; and James O'Brien, 45, of Tunnel Street, both St Helier, along with local men Paul Hunt, 27, Jason Woodward, 22, and Oliver Lucas, 23, all deny the charge of conspiracy to import drugs into Jersey.

The case continues.