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Prosecutors expected to close as manslaughter trial resumes

Prosecutors intend to wrap up the case against British cop Tony Bukhari today after one overseas witness takes the stand.

The witness, believed to be a medical expert will be the fifth person flown in for the case to testify against Bukhari, accused of the manslaughter of his live-in girlfriend, suicide victim Elizabeth Cadell.

The eight man, four woman jury heard that suicide victim Elizabeth Cadell was found to have 1239 milligrams of aspirin per litre of blood which one witness said was equivalent to 75 pills.

Other medical experts have testified Ms Cadell would have been dead around the time Bukhari told investigators she was still alive and claiming to be fine.

Fellow Police officers have said over the past week that Bukhari acted suspiciously in the hours and days after he found her body at their Devonshire home.

The judge is Assistant Justice Philip Storr. Crown counsels Patrick Doherty and Larry Mussenden are prosecuting while Delroy Duncan is defending Bukhari.

He denies four charges of manslaughter as a result of his actions on May 31, 1997 after Ms Cadell informed him she had taken an overdose of aspirin.

Two charges relate to his duties as a serving Policeman and as a long-time boyfriend of Ms Cadell.

Bukhari also denies two charges relating to whether or not he failed to take "reasonable care'' in advising and then assisting her after she took the overdose.

One officer said Bukhari admitted "negligence'' but denied killing Ms Cadell while another said he asked him for help in getting a Dictaphone machine from inside their apartment.

The case is expected to last two weeks.