Defence lawyers for three men charged in the 2004 death of Isho Hana say there isn’t enough evidence to convict their clients.

All three men, Kenneth Tingle, Jonathan Dombowsky and Long Nam Luu, are being tried together. Their lawyers said Monday at the trial’s closing arguments that the Crown has not put forward enough evidence to link the three to the murder, nor proven the men conspired to kill Hana.

Hana was gunned down in what police describe as a drug turf war in Saskatoon.

A fourth man, Neil Yakimchuk, who was found guilty of shooting Hana, successfully appealed his conviction and is awaiting a new trial.

Lawyers for Tingle, Dombowsky and Luu argued Yakimchuk was not a reliable voice in their clients’ trial.

Yakimchuk was called as a Crown witness in the case. He refused to testify but statements he made to an undercover police officer were admitted as evidence. Some of the statements implicated the three accused.

All three defence lawyers poked holes in what Yakimchuk told the undercover officer and even went as far as to call Yakimchuk a liar.

The trial for Tingle, Dombowsky and Luu has been before the courts for more than a year.

Closing arguments for the defence are set to continue Tuesday before the Crown will make its final statements.