Latest update March 21st, 2025 7:03 AM
Latest News
Prosecution closes Neesa Gopaul PI
Following the testimony of policewoman, Jennifer Somrah, yesterday, state prosecutor in the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of Queen’s College student Nessa Lalita Gopaul, indicated that she has concluded her case against mother of the deceased, Bibi Gopaul and Jarvis Small, a gym instructor identified as the mother’s lover.
Bibi Gopaul and Jarvis Small
The two are charged with the murder of the teen. The killing reportedly took place on October 3, 2010.
Somrah who was identified as the policewoman who reportedly took certain information from the deceased prior to her death, returned to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to testify.
She presented statements to the court while being led by state prosecutor Priteema Kissoon. The statements were accepted by the court but Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos, who is representing Small, objected to the tendering of the documents. His objection was overruled.
Prior to the prosecutions closure, several police witnesses were brought before the presiding court head, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry, to testify. A few civilian witnesses also took the stand, with the most recent being Mohammid Kayum, father of the accused Bibi Gopaul. The father was however reluctant to cooperate with the prosecution.
On the last occasion the Magistrate had ruled on certain submissions made by the prosecution as it related to the evidence provided. Attorney-at-law Vic Puran who is representing Gopaul, had also made submissions with the most noticeable being his call for the immediate halt of the PI.
The matter will however convene on June 29. The defence will be prepared to respond to the prosecution’s case.
Neesa Gopaul‘s body was found in early October of 2010. The teen was murdered and placed in a suitcase which was found in a creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway a short distance from the Emerald Tower Resort. Dumb-bells were found attached to the suitcase reportedly used in an effort to weigh down the body.
The deceased was found with certain items that led investigators to believe that the mother and her lover had some part to play in the teen’s death.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”
Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more
If Guyana’s President Ali is the “Zelensky of the Caribbean”, who is the Putin?
Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS, Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- In the latest... more
Weekend Cartoon
