The prosecution is expected to close its case today in the High Court trial of Abdul Kpaka, following harrowing testimony from the Chief Medical Examiner detailing the “frenzied and fatal” physical assault that killed Sia Fatu Kamara.

Kpaka stands accused of two counts: the murder of Kamara, his former girlfriend, and perverting the course of justice.

State Prosecutor Yusuf Isaac Sesay informed the court on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, that the state would rest its case following the testimony of its tenth and final witness, Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma. This procedural move clears the way for lead defense lawyer Emmanuel Teddy Koroma to open the defense’s case.

Dr. Koroma’s autopsy report presented a grim accounting of Kamara’s final moments. He testified that the 28-year-old woman, who died on August 13, 2024, was in good health with no pre-existing conditions prior to the incident.

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According to the pathologist, Kamara died of “neurogenic shock” resulting from manual strangulation and multiple blunt force fractures.

“In my professional and expert opinion, the cause of death was clearly unnatural and the manner evidently homicidal,” Dr. Koroma told Justice Alfred Ganda.

He described the assault as “severe, sustained, brutal, [and] horrific.” The examination revealed fingernail excoriations on the neck—classic signs of manual strangulation—along with fractures to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae. Additionally, the victim suffered a fractured rib cage which punctured her lungs and diaphragm, as well as a ruptured spleen that caused massive internal bleeding.

During cross-examination, defense counsel Emmanuel Teddy Koroma challenged the medical findings, suggesting that Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) attempts might have caused the rib fractures, or that the autopsy procedure itself could have ruptured the spinal cord.

Dr. Koroma firmly rejected these assertions. He testified that the probability of CPR causing such extensive rib damage was “very slim” and that the autopsy process involves no force capable of rupturing a spinal cord.

“One needed to be really brutal to cause such [injuries],” the pathologist insisted, noting that the “fingernail excoriations” on the neck were the definitive diagnostic sign of manual strangulation.

Dr. Koroma also noted that the embalming process had not altered the state of the organs and, significantly, that no defensive wounds were detected on Kamara’s hands.

With the prosecution’s medical evidence now entered into the record, the trial proceeds to the defense phase.