Defence suggests cop’s testimony on interview with accused is ‘tissue of lies’

Neesa Gopaul

The defence yesterday disputed that Jarvis Small ever told police that he knew who had killed Neesa Gopaul.

Small and the girl’s mother, Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, are on trial for her 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 had been stuffed into a suitcase,