Latest update April 28th, 2026 12:30 AM
Bajan DNA specialist testifies at Neesa Gopaul’s PI
…even as flood waters hamper Court proceedings
Like many places within the city, the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was
Water seeping into the entrance of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court
yesterday severely affected by immense rainfall.
As persons entered the entity to conduct their legal affairs, they were all informed that most of the day’s activities were delayed because of the rainfall which had inundated the lower flat of the building.
In the court compound, water was almost knee high due to the flooding and the street was almost impassable.
Persons visiting the Magistrates’ Court were asked to return on Monday and staff advised that service is expected to resume today as long as the water recedes.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of Neesa Gopaul did get underway with forensic analyst, Superintendent Stephen Greaves, resuming the stand to continue his evidence-in-chief. The matter which was one of the few to be heard as the court convened before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry.
For the first half of the day the Police witness presented his evidence against the two accused, Bibi Gopaul and Jarvis Small.
State Prosecutor, Pretima Kissoon, concluded her examination of the witness after which he was cross- examined by Defense Lawyer Vic Puran.
The prosecutor subsequently presented her next witness, Lorraine Alleyne, who is a DNA specialist from Barbados.
She presented her evidence as it relates to line of work.
Alleyne related her experience and presented her qualifications to endorse why she was deemed an expert.
Alleyne was cross- examined by Puran who is representing Bibi Gopaul.
Bernard De Santos, Small’s lawyer was a no show and the matter was adjourned until March 6 when Alleyne is expected to take the stand again.
Puran had not completed his cross-examination.
The two accused are before the court charged with the murder of former Queen’s College Student Neesa Gopaul, the daughter of Bibi Gopaul.
She along with her lover, Jarvis Small is accused of murdering the teen and submerging her body in a suitcase along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
The teen was found between September and October 2010, with dumb-bells attached to the rope which was used to anchor the suitcase in the creek at Madewini.
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