14-year-old tries to rescue mother during beating by father

…woman’s skull fractured, arm broken

The efforts of a 14-year-old boy who tried to save his mother from his abusive father were futile, leaving the 31-year-old woman nursing a fractured skull and broken arm, after she was badly beaten by her partner of some six years.
The injured woman, a security guard of Wismar, Linden, Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice), has four children with the suspect, who has since been arrested.
Reports are that at about 17:00h on Tuesday, the couple returned home from work together, and immediately went to the side of the house, where they began talking.
Shortly after, the suspect went inside the house and then ventured back outside, where he and his partner continued their discussion.
The woman then began to speak loudly but the 14-year-old, who was at home at the time, told Police that he did not hear what his mother was saying as he was on his computer.
The teen then heard his mother screaming, and upon rushing outside, he saw his father beating her with a piece of wood.
Police said the teen told them he saw the victim lying facedown, motionless, with the suspect stooping over her with a piece of wood, hitting his mother to the back of her head.
Upon seeing this, the child ran inside the house, grabbed a cutlass and returned to confront his father.
However, the man reportedly pelted his son with a piece of wood and then escaped.
The victim’s uncle and nephew were alerted, and they went behind the suspect. Public-spirited persons also joined the chase, resulting in the capture of the suspect, who was given a beating before he was handed over to the Police.
The victim was escorted to the Linden Hospital Complex where she was seen by the doctor and admitted a patient in a critical condition suffering from a fractured skull and a broken left arm.
The suspect was escorted for medical attention, where he was also seen by a doctor on duty, who also admitted him as a patient under Police guard. (G9)