A 59-year-old operator accused of chopping his ex-lover during an argument over money has been charged with her murder.
Deonarine Sawh, called “Boyzie”, of Plantation Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD), appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The accused was not required to plead to the indictable charge contrary to the common law which alleged that he murdered Nazaleen Mohamed, 47, of Belfield Squatting Area, ECD.
Murder accused Deonarine Sawh
He was remanded to prison until March 14, when his case will be called for report.
Sawh was captured on January 25, after a wanted bulletin was issued for him.
Police said the housewife’s body was seen by a neighbour in a canal at Hope Lowlands, Railway Embankment, ECD, with wounds about her abdomen, head, ear, and neck on January 23.
Her intestines were also protruding.
According to the Police, she was killed sometime between 07:00h and 15:00h on January 23. Enquiries disclosed that the woman was living with her daughter and reputed husband, who, at the time of her demise, was at sea on a fishing boat.
Mohamed had last been seen alive by a neighbour at about 07:00h on January 23, as she was leaving her home and heading toward her brother’s residence at Hope Lowlands, ECD.
“At about 08:05h, the victim’s 32-year-old son received a call from her (his mother’s) cell phone, where he heard a male voice whom he identified as the suspect, who had previously shared a relationship with Nazaleen Mohamed,” Police have said in a statement.
At the time, he also heard his mother’s voice shouting for her phone, but shortly after, the call ended. However, at about 15:00h on January 23, the neighbour, who did not see her return, left in search of her. He told Police that while he was walking along Hope Lowlands, Railway Embankment, he saw the motionless body of Mohamed floating in a canal.
Following the issuance of the wanted bulletin, Sawh was arrested while hiding in an abandoned house at Mahaica, ECD.
During interrogation, he reportedly told investigators that Mohamed had called him and asked him for money, and he left home and went to Hope Lowlands, where they met.
He said he did not have enough money, and this led to an argument during which he chopped her several times about her body with a cutlass he had in his possession.
Shaw explained that after receiving the chops, Mohamed fell into the canal. The murder weapon, he added, also fell into the water. He told detectives that he went to an abandoned building at Mahaica, where he consumed a poisonous substance. (G1)
