PROSECUTING Counsel in the stepfather murder conspiracy, Mrs. Judith Gildharry-Mursalin, closed her case Friday after the testimony of 12 witnesses.Defence counsel Mr. Glenn Hanoman, who is appearing for accused Bissoondial Mahadeo, one of the four persons accused of the murder of Motilall Singh, immediately intimated to Judge Navindra Singh that he would be relying on no-case submissions in the absence of the jury.

Senior Counsel Mr. Bernard De Santos is appearing for the other accused, Shamiza Khan, called ‘Sham’, Hoosman Khan, called ‘Strong Man’, and Bibi Farida Khan, called ‘Pum’, all of Windsor Forest, West Coast, Demerara.
They are all on trial for the murder of Motilall Singh, whose body, with stab wounds, was found near to a small bridge at Second Street, Windsor Forest on September 7, 2009.
A post mortem by Government Forensic Specialist Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that he had been stabbed 21 times.
Up to late yesterday the Judge was still listening to no-case submissions in the absence of the jury.
During the substantive trial, caution statements, which amounted to confessions, were admitted by the judge, following voir dires in which it was alleged that the accused had conspired to kill Singh after it was learnt that the American-based Guyanese, who had come home to attend his brother’s funeral, had planned to divorce his wife and sell his local property with relatives inside.
Evidence was led to show that money was sent from overseas to pay the accused to effect the murder.
The trial is expected to end by tomorrow since Tuesday is a holiday, and the January Session begins on Wednesday.
Written By George Barclay