The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the Neesa Gopaul murder trial, after the cross-examination of a state witness, who firmly disagreed with suggestions by the defence that her testimony in the matter was given in exchange for a reduction in her prison sentence.
The witness, Simone Diane De Nobrega, is a former cellmate of Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, who is jointly charged with Jarvis Small, called ‘Barry’ with the murder of her16-year-old daughter.
De Nobrega surrendered to police on Thursday before taking the witness stand as she had been previously convicted in a lower court and sentenced in absentia
