Cop agrees no evidence accused killed Neesa Gopaul when charge laid

Neesa Gopaul

Superintendent of Police Hugh Jessemy yesterday agreed with suggestions made by the defence in the Neesa Gopaul murder trial that when Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and Jarvis Small were charged, the police had no evidence against them.

Jessemy was at the time testifying in the case for which Sharima-Gopaul; Neesa’s mother, and Jarvis Small, are on trial for the teen’s murder before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury. They are accused of killing the 16-year-old between September 24, 2010, and October 2, 2010, at Madewini, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. The teen’s body