A 20-year-old man was freed of unlawful wounding in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after the female complainant admitted during cross-examination that she had lied about the incident.

Oniel Facey was discharged on Thursday after the court upheld a no-case submission made on his behalf.

During her testimony under cross-examination, the complainant told the court that she had been intoxicated at the time of the incident and was not telling the truth in her original account.