Berbice man pleads guilty to stabbing wife to death

– to be sentenced on February 20

A cane cutter of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice (WCB), who had stabbed his wife to death in November 2020, has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Taijram Rahim, 33, of Marcy Dam, Rosignol Village, WCB, appeared before Justice Navindra Singh at the Berbice High Court and had read to him a charge which stated that, on November 12, 2020, he murdered his wife Amrita Rahim.
Following his plea, Justice Singh ordered that a probation report be prepared, and set February 20 for sentencing.

It has been reported that the mother of three, who was 28 years old at the time, was stabbed to death by the accused at their home in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) in front of one of their children. The children are aged eight, 10, and 11 respectively.
Police have said the eyewitness told detectives that the couple had attended a birthday party, and had returned home at about 23:45h on the day in question. At that time, the suspect accused the now-dead woman of infidelity. This led to an argument, and the now-dead woman threatened to leave the home. Reports are that the angry man went into the kitchen and returned with a knife, which he used to stab the woman as she was lying on the bed.

She was subsequently taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital by a relative, who found her on the bed after hearing the commotion, but she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Reports are that the suspect had gone to the Blairmont Police Station to turn himself in, but found the gate locked, and as such, returned home. Police subsequently arrived at the home and he was arrested. It has also been reported that the now-dead woman had been constantly abused by the suspect, who on numerous occasions had accused her of being unfaithful.
An autopsy performed on the body of the dead woman revealed that she died from a single stab to the heart.