A JURY is expected to retire soon to consider verdicts in the case of two Deeside men charged with robbing a partially sighted man.

Judge David Hale, sitting at Mold Crown Court, will sum up the case to the jury.

Lee Kutryk and Kieran Albino deny robbing him of £20 and his Sekonda watch and say that they were not involved.

Kutryk, 24, of North Street, Shotton and Albino, 27, of no fixed abode, both plead not guilty to robbery.

The prosecution says Anthony Singleton was attacked and robbed after being tricked to go behind a property in Quay Wharf in Connah's Quay to allegedly buy cannabis.

Kutryk told the jury he was innocent as he was not there.

He said he was at his partner's home at the time.

Asked how his DNA was found on the complainant's coat shoulder, he said he had been in contact with Mr Singleton days earlier to buy cannabis from him and might have patted him on the back.

Owen Edwards, defending, told the jury they could not be sure his client was involved.

Albino's DNA was found at the victim's back pocket but he claims to have paid the complainant for drugs earlier.

Robin Boag, defending, suggested it was indirect transfer from a note used in payment for drugs.

The complainant was said to have identified Albino from Facebook pictures but picked out someone else at an identification procedure, he said.

Barrister Brian Treadwell, prosecuting, said both men were involved in the robbery and alleged that Kutryk kicked the complainant in the face which caused him to lose several teeth.

The trial continues.