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Pauline Bharat, mother of murdered six-year-old Sean Luke, testified on Friday from the San Fernando High Court. - Lincoln Holder
PAULINE Bharat, mother of murdered six-year-old Sean Luke, on Friday began her testimony at the trial of the two men accused of killing him, identifying one of them.
Bharat – she said she was divorced and no longer used the name Lumfai – testified virtually from the San Fernando High Court.
She identified Akeel Mitchell from a screen set up in the courtroom which shows the participants in the virtual trial using the Microsoft Teams platform.
Mitchell and Richard Chatoo are before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds at a judge-only trial. They are charged with Luke’s murder on a date unknown between March 25 and 29, 2006. Luke’s body was found on March 28, in a bushy area in the cane field close to his home.