Naresh Bhatt’s Defense Finishes Its Case In Wife’s Murder Trial

[00:00:00] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:00:30] Speaker 1: All right. Defense, call your next witness. All right, defense rests. Commonwealth, do you have a rebuttal case? [00:00:49] Speaker 2: We do have a rebuttal case, Judge. And we'd like to call to the stand, Sergeant Brady Pella. Thank you. [00:01:18] Speaker 3: Do you solemnly swear or borrow that the evidence you shall give in this case before the court should be the truth, the whole truth? I do. [00:01:50] Speaker 1: All right, Mr. Sweet, go ahead. Good afternoon, sir. [00:01:53] Speaker 2: Good afternoon. Just refreshing your memory, you testified previously in this case? I did, sir. Sergeant Brady Pella? Yes, sir. Getting right to the chase. You responded to the defendant's house on August 5th, 2024? [00:02:08] Speaker 4: I did. [00:02:09] Speaker 2: That was for a missing, to take a missing persons report? Correct. You responded in the morning at 9:30? Yes, sir. You then responded again in the afternoon? Yes, sir. During those two times that you responded to the defendant's house, did the defendant ever say anything to you that Mata committed suicide? No. Go for the questions. Cross? [00:02:33] Speaker 1: No questions. All right. I assume he is now free to go? He's free, yes, Judge. All right. [00:02:41] Speaker 2: Release of the Spina. Any other witnesses? [00:02:43] Speaker 1: Well, Lisa, Ms. Pina. Any other witnesses? Yes, Your Honor. Gita Kofflet? [00:03:09] Speaker 3: I will not only swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give in this case before the court should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. [00:03:26] Speaker 1: Thank you. [00:03:35] Speaker 5: MS. Go ahead, Ms. Sammi. MS. Good afternoon again. Good afternoon. [00:03:40] Speaker 6: Good afternoon. MS. Good afternoon. [00:03:42] Speaker 5: You testified previously in this case, I believe, on the first day that we heard testimony. [00:03:47] Speaker 4: MS. At that time, you testified that you spoke with Mamta at least twice a day. MS. Yes. MS. And that you were close with Mamta? [00:04:04] Speaker 6: MS. [00:04:05] Speaker 5: Yes. MS. Yes. [00:04:08] Speaker 4: MS. Very close. [00:04:10] Speaker 6: MS. Yes, very close. [00:04:12] Speaker 4: MS. [00:04:13] Speaker 5: At any point during your relationship, mother-daughter relationship, and how close you were with her, did Mamta ever express any suicidal ideations to you? MS. Yes. [00:04:27] Speaker 4: MS. [00:04:28] Speaker 6: He never mentioned that she would commit suicide. My daughter is not like that. My daughter was very strong. My daughter said that she would struggle and she would survive. [00:05:09] Speaker 4: As much as she could, she would work and she would survive. [00:05:15] Speaker 6: Did she talk about future plans with you? Yes. She told me that she would work and she would work for her future. She would work [00:05:41] Speaker 4: for her daughters, Neema's future, and she would work good. [00:05:45] Speaker 5: Based on your relationship with Mamta, would she have ever committed suicide? [00:05:52] Speaker 6: No, my daughter is not like that. I don't think so. She would commit suicide any time. But [00:06:10] Speaker 4: I think defense did something else and then must probably kill her. [00:06:22] Speaker 5: I'll strike it as non-responsive. [00:06:24] Speaker 4: Just to answer the question that I asked, Ms. Coughley. [00:06:32] Speaker 5: Based on your relationship with your daughter Mamta, would she have ever committed suicide? [00:06:41] Speaker 4: I never thought she would commit suicide. My daughter is very strong. My daughter was educated. That's all I have for her. [00:07:08] Speaker 3: My daughter is very strong. My daughter is very strong. My daughter is very strong. [00:07:22] Speaker 1: My daughter is very strong. My daughter is very strong. My daughter is very strong. All right, ma'am. You can step back down. Sorry? You can step back down. Thank you. [00:07:35] Speaker 4: I'm going to go to Boston. Sorry. [00:07:50] Speaker 2: Sorry, Judge. Commonwealth calls to the stand Captain Dustin Walker. [00:07:59] Speaker ?: I'm going to go to Boston.