GOVERNMENT Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, on Monday testified that he performed a post mortem on the body of Timothy Adams in 2013. He gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to an incised wound to the neck compounded by blunt trauma to the head.

Dr. Singh told the court that the body of the deceased bore multiple wounds but on the top of his head he had two cuts, as well as, a linear fracture to the skull and an incised wound to the right side of the neck which severed his jugular and main artery. He added that a sharp and a blunt force were used in the death.

During cross-examination, defence counsel Folio Richards suggested that the neck wound sustained by Adams was caused by a slash. Dr. Singh agreed and added that the wound was inflicted by a sharp object.

The trial will continue on Wednesday at 13:30hrs when the State is expected to call the final witness before they close their case.

In this murder trial, the accused Marlon Freeman was indicted for the alleged murder of a city gold miner/dredge owner, at Turtle Creek Road, Five Star Backdam. Freeman is before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member jury in the Georgetown High Court.

In presenting the State’s case, Prosecutor Lisa Cave told the court that between December 22 and 23, 2013 the accused allegedly murdered the miner.The accused has since pleaded not guilty of the offence for which he stands indicted.