Berbice High Court: 2 men plead guilty to separate murder charges

The sentencing hearings for Durn Hunt and Kareem Charles, the two men who pleaded guilty to separate murder charges at the High Court in Berbice, have been fixed for June 27.
In the first case, Durn Hunt called “Rasta”, 38, formerly of Crane Street, Queenstown, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), pleaded guilty to the capital offence of murder over the death of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Iransa Frank, which occurred on October 15, 2018.
Frank, a mother of two was stabbed several times by Hunt and left to die in a muddy drain at Crane Street, Queenstown, Corriverton, Berbice. Based on reports, the woman had recently moved in with Hunt at his Corriverton home, after they had been seeing each other for a while.
At about 08:00h on Sunday, October 15, 2018, the now dead woman had headed home from work, but shortly after, she visited a nearby shop. Moments later, the woman was seen running up the street with her partner in hot pursuit. He eventually caught up with her.
The woman tried to fight him off, but her throat was reportedly slit in the process. The woman fell into a nearby drain, and was further stabbed four times to her neck.
Meanwhile, in a separate matter, Kareem Charles of Benet Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB), pleaded guilty to murdering a father of two on March 1, 2019.
Arshad Ali, 24, who was killed as he was on his way to see his newborn baby at the New Amsterdam Hospital, died from shock and haemorrhage due to blunt trauma to the head.
He was reportedly hit in the head with a metal pipe in an alleged act of revenge.
Charles, 39, worked as a labourer prior to his incarceration.
Both Charles and Hunt were arraigned before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. (G1)