Sahab Jamshidi will stand trial for the drowning death of a four-year-old St Lucian boy, a High Court Judge on the Caribbean island ruled Thursday.

Jamshidi, 34, is charged with causing death by gross negligence or recklessness in the case of Terrell Joshua Elibox.

His lawyer, Alberton Richelieu, had asked the court to dismiss the charge on the grounds that there was insufficient proof to identify his client as the perpetrator in the case.

However, the judge said she is satisfied that witness statements presented by the prosecution sufficiently ties Jamshidi to the events that unfolded.

Following the ruling, Mr. Richelieu said all was not lost.

"It appears that she's (the judge) suggesting that that kind of submission ought to be left for the trial where everything would be explored and then we're going to do the necessaries at the trial," Richelieu said.

"I think it gives me sufficient ammunition to make a no case submission at the trial and succeed."

Prosecutors allege that Jamshidi took the boy into the water on a surfboard and caused his death on February 22.

Jamshidi has said he unsuccessfully tried to save the boy from drowning after seeing the boy's head bobbing in the water.

Jamshidi will return to court on November 28 for arraignment.