Justice Persaud later stated that
State Counsel Satyesh
Kissoon did make out a case for the accused to
answer.
A post-mortem report revealed that Ganesh died from a perforated
heart caused by a stab wound. However, a police forensic analysis
revealed that there was no trace of human blood on the knife.
When Sukhlall led his defence on Monday, he told the jury that on
the morning of the incident he left home for Cornelia Ida along with
two of his friends. He was building a house in Cornelia Ida. After
the day's work Sukhlall and his friends had some drinks. Upon his
return home, his wife realised that he had been drinking and she got
upset.
Sukhlall said his wife went into the kitchen and picked up their
child. She then sat with her mom and sister and engaged in a
conversation. At that point, he said, he told them that he would be
going into his new house soon.
Ganesh then put the child down and the child began to cry. When
the child cried, he said, Ganesh asked him why he didn't pick up the
child. He said she became annoyed, picked up the child and started
to beat him while he was trying to take the child from her.
He added that Ganesh's sister then stood up and told him to leave
the child and Ganesh fell back in the chair, still refusing to give
him the child.
Sukhlall said he then left for his mother's house. Minutes after
he got there, he said, the police arrived and told him he was wanted
at the station. Sukhlall was later charged with murder.
