| The accused in the No 54 Village Dam, Corentyne murder trial is expected to know his fate tomorrow when Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire is expected to sum up the case for the jury. When the matter continued on Thursday in the Berbice High Court before the judge and a mixed jury, Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, gave his evidence and both the prosecution and the defence closed their case and made their submissions to the jury.Murder accused Rayan AlliOn trial for murder is 17-year-old Rayan Alli, called ‘Karran’,Cheap Jerseys From China, of No 54 village, Corentyne, and formerly of Black Bush Polder. Alli is on trial for the murder of Premchand Sugrim, 48,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, called ‘Copper’ and ‘Pluck’ of No 54 Village,WBC Jerseys 2017, Corentyne. The killing took place on July 20, 2011.In court, Dr. Nehaul Singh,Cheap China Jerseys, who performed the Post Mortem examination, was led by State Prosecutor Attorney-at-law Prithina Kissoon. He gave the cause of death as Cerebral Haemorrhage with Necrosis as a result of blunt cranial trauma,Cheap Jerseys China, which was as a result of injuries to the right side of the head. He said that the injury came from a blunt object that caused Sugrim to suffer a fractured skull.He said that the victim suffered two fractures, one on both sides of the head—one from the blow and another could have occurred when the victim fell after being struck, he said.Dr. Singh also affirmed that the injuries could have been caused by the piece of iron pipe which was in court as evidence.Murder accused Alli, in an unsworn statement from the dock, said that on the day in question he went to his aunt for a meal. He said that he then came out on the dam and rested his shoulder on a lamp post. “Ah look back and saw ‘Copper’ coming with a cutlass in he hand. ‘Copper’ came and broadside me with the cutlass. He started to cuss and fire chops at me. He say why I don’t go back to Black Bush by me mother. An iron was on the ground and ah picked it up with me right hand and lash he on he left side head. If ah din do dah he would ah kill me.”Defense Counsel Attorney-at-law Kumar Doorasammy in his submission, attacked the evidence of the two prosecution eye witnesses, Gomattie Singh and her father,Cheap Jerseys USA, Ramsingh. He said that they gave conflicting evidence, in that they stated that the accused had the iron in different hands. They also differed on which side of the head the deceased was hit.In her address to the jury State Prosecutor Attorney-at-law, Prithina Kissoon, said that the evidence against the accused was overwhelming. She asked them to find the accused guilty of murder. She said that it was a brutal and cold blooded act of murder.The prosecutor said that at the time the accused inflicted the fatal blow with the iron he was not being attacked. She asked the jury to determine whether they will believe the story told by the accused or the fact that both Gomattie and Ramsingh stated that they saw the accused come out from a clump of bushes and lash Sugrim on his head.The state called nine witnesses. |
