The state will today call the last of its 11 witnesses in the case against Donald Mopp, the senior citizen on trial for the murder of gold miner Winsel Roger Edwards.
After the examination of the last witness, the state will close its case.
Mopp, 73, called “Chetty,” is on trial at the High Court before Justice Roxane George and a 12-member jury. He has denied the charge that on February 5, 2013, he killed Edwards, 33, who was fatally stabbed with a knife.
Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that Edwards died of a perforated blood vessel due to a stab wound.
Dr Singh recalled performing a post-mortem examination on the body of the deceased on February 18, 2013. Detailing the external examination, the doctor said that the clothing in which Edwards was clad; were blood and mud-stained.
Regarding the internal examination, he said that the body bore a single stab wound to the abdomen, which, when examined, showed that it would have been caused by a sharp instrument. He said a knife, a broken glass, a broken glass bottle or a razor object were among the implements which could have caused the wound.
He said that the wound passed through the small intestines and that the entire abdomen was filled with blood and clots.
Mopp is represented by attorney Deborah Kumar, while the state’s case is presented by Prosecutor Stacy Goodings.
