The maternal grandparents of murdered 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul are dissatisfied with the outcome of the recently concluded trial that found their daughter guilty of the killing, saying the police did a poor investigation and the judge and jury gave credence to questionable evidence.
Stressing that no concrete evidence was led to find their daughter Bibi Sharima-Gopaul guilty, the elderly Mohammed Kayum and his wife Abida also insisted that the sentence handed down by Justice Navindra Singh to Sharima-Gopaul was too harsh and opined that it was fuelled by selective media coverage and a desire to satisfy the public.
“Justice nah deh in this country. If yah poor yah doom,” Kayum told Stabroek News during a recent interview at the couple’s West Bank Demerara home, where he