“Myself and Roger were friends. I had no reason for wanting to kill him,” murder accused Donald Mopp told Justice Roxane George and a 12-member jury at the High Court after being called on to lead a defence.
Mopp, 73, called “Chetty,” is accused of murdering 33-year-old gold miner Winsel Roger Edwards.
The prosecution yesterday closed its case against the senior citizen, who opted to lead his defence in unsworn testimony from the prisoner’s dock.
“I don’t have very much to say,” Mopp said in his brief remarks to the court, adding, “I don’t remember what went on.”
“Myself and Roger were friends. I had no reason for wanting to kill him,” he said in a soft tone as he ended his address.
State counsel Stacy Goodings closed the prosecution’s case after calling eleven witnesses to the stand.
Mopp’s attorney, Deborah Kumar, made no-case submissions which were overruled by Justice George.
Mopp has denied the charge that on February 15, 2013 he murdered Edwards.
Edwards, of Guy-Hoc Housing Scheme, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed in his chest with a knife.
The case continues tomorrow morning at 9AM, when the judge will sum-up the case, before handing it over to the jury for deliberation and the return of a verdict.
