Sascha Wil­son

For­eign foren­sic ev­i­dence will form part of the State's case in the 2002 mur­der of a San Fer­nan­do mul­ti-mil­lion­aire cou­ple. State at­tor­ney Trevor Jones re­vealed this yes­ter­day when busi­ness­man Kr­ish­na Ram­per­sad and his for­mer wife Hil­da Bul­lock reap­peared in the San Fer­nan­do Mag­is­trates' Court.

They are charged with killing Ma­hase Ram­per­sad and his wife Dar­ling in Au­gust 2002 at La For­tune, Wood­land. Ma­hase, 64, was Ram­per­sad's (Kr­ish­na) un­cle. They ap­peared be­fore Jus­tice of the Peace Ul­rich Kan­hai in the First Court be­cause act­ing Deputy Chief Mag­is­trate Ra­jen­dra Ram­bachan was ab­sent.

Jones said the State would be pro­ceed­ing by way of pa­per com­mit­tal. He said they were await­ing foren­sic ev­i­dence from abroad. Bul­lock's lawyer, El Farouk Ho­sein, asked for dis­clo­sure. Jones said there was no need to rush dis­clo­sure since state­ments have to be sworn and filed be­fore the mat­ter could pro­ceed. Ho­sein al­so held for at­tor­ney Sub­has Pan­day who is rep­re­sent­ing Ram­per­sad. The mat­ter was ad­journed to June 6.