Corentyne woman gets bail for stabbing reputed husband to death

A Corentyne woman was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 for allegedly stabbing her reputed husband to death.
Lakeisha Garnett, called “Keisha”, 24, appeared at the Number 51 Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, and a manslaughter charge was read to her.
She was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on Monday, January 2, 2023, at Corriverton, she killed Jason Bownauth.
As such, bail was granted and she was scheduled to return to court on February 27.
Bownauth and Garnett had two children.
Police had related that on the day in question, the duo was at the home of the suspect’s mother at a family function when an argument broke out between them. This results in the now dead man slapping the woman twice.
The woman subsequently went home, but she was followed by her reputed husband. At home, the couple continued to argue during which the man reportedly slapped the victim again.
The woman then armed herself with a knife and stabbed the victim once to his chest. Bownauth was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, but died while receiving treatment.