Verdict looms for accused wife killer

Ramesh Muniram

Both the state and defence yesterday made their final arguments to the jury in the trial of Ramesh Muniram, who is accused of murdering his wife.

Justice Navindra Singh, who has been presiding over the trial in the High Court, will sum up the evidence in the case today, after which the matter will be handed over to the jury for deliberation and a verdict.

Muniram, called ‘Bobby,’ is accused of murdering his wife Sunita August on January 14, 2010. In his caution statement, which was admitted into evidence on Friday, he told police that he gave August a Pepsi bottle with a poisonous substance to drink and after she started fighting up, she fell into the canal. He said that he then jumped in and started