MURDER accused Donald Mopp, 74, called ‘Chetty’, in 2013 allegedly grabbed his friend Roger Edwards from the back causing both men to fall in the process while Roger blurted out, ‘Chetty’ bore me.’The murder accused will know his fate today.

‘Chetty’, said to be a ‘limer’ at the Greenidge Vulcanizing shop on February 15, 2013, on that day turned up at the shop after disembarking from a car and was walking in an unsteady condition and had to be guided to his seat.
According to the witness, Rosalyn Greenidge, ‘Chetty’ had just spent a short time on his chair before getting up and grabbing Roger from the back, resulting in both men falling and Roger blurting out, ‘Chetty’ bore me.
The prosecution had just closed its case and ‘Chetty’, in an unsworn statement from the dock, claimed that he and Roger were good friends and he had no reason for wanting to kill him. “That is all.”
The witness, Greenidge, said she was the mother of Clairmont Greenidge, the owner of the vulcanizing shop. She recalled that on that day she went to the vulcanizing shop to get a drink and while being there, she saw a car drive up. ‘Chetty’ came out of the car and was walking unsteadily and had to be guided to the chair where he normally sits.
The aged lady who was allowed to sit in the well of the court said that at this stage she requested a nail clip from her son to cut her toe nails and her son gave her one. Then, she said, Roger who was not far away asked that he be allowed to cut the lady’s toe nails.
According to her just then a customer came in to get air into his bicycle wheels and consequently she suggested that the person should be given first preference.
The witness recalled that, at this stage, ‘Chetty’ left his chair and grabbed Roger around the waist, their feet became entangled with two tyres, causing both men to fall.
“I heard Roger say ‘Chetty’ bore me’,” the witness told the court.
The witness said she was looking at ‘Chetty’ when she saw him with a knife handle in his hand, which he threw into a grassy area. The witness said she told this to the police who were able to recover the knife handle and the knife blade. The blade of the knife was analysed for bloodstains, but nothing was found, members of the jury were told.
Judge Roxanne George will sum up the evidence today, following which she would hand over the case to the jury for their consideration and verdict.

By George Barclay

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