Uitvlugt murder accused says killing was in self-defence

Murder accused Andrew Albert yesterday testified that he killed Nandalall Bopat in self-defence and that his statement to the police about the fatal encounter was not the same as the prosecution produced to the court.

Albert is on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown, for the 2010 murder of 43-year-old Bopat. It is alleged that on August 10th, 2010, at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, he murdered Bopat. He has denied the charge.

Leading his defence in unsworn testimony from the prisoner’s dock, Albert told the court that on the day of