A police witness yesterday testified that murdered teen Neesa Gopaul had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by her step-father and then later withdrew the allegation.
Four witnesses testified yesterday when the long-awaited trial of Gopaul’s mother, Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and the step-father Jarvis Small commenced at the High Court, before Justice Navindra Singh.
Sharima-Gopaul and Small stand accused of killing the 16-year-old between September 24 and October 2, 2010, at Madewini, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
Although the two defendants sat mere inches apart in the prisoners’ dock,