An Essequibo Coast woman is now in Police custody after she allegedly stabbed her common-law husband to death in the wee hours of Sunday morning at Macknab, Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Dead is Anthony Shivlall, popularly known as “Davie” of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast.
Reports are that the 27-year-old man was stabbed at about 02:00h during an argument with his wife.
This newspaper was told that on Saturday, Shivlall and his wife were both at a birthday party for the teenager’s grandmother at the woman’s home at Macknab, Lima Sands.
The grandmother, Bernadine Williams, told investigators that at about 17:00h, the couple had an argument that resulted in the teenager leaving the party and going home. However, at about 02:00h on Saturday morning, the teenager returned to her grandmother’s house and asked for her husband.
According to Williams, she told her granddaughter that Shivlall was inside the lower flat of the house. The woman said her granddaughter went into the lower flat of the house, where she spent a while, which prompted her to make checks.
Police in a statement said that upon checking, the grandmother saw Shivlall lying on the ground, and her granddaughter was over him.
“She was stabbing him with a knife to his chest area, causing him to receive injuries, after which she ran east of the lower flat, exited and made good of her escape,” the Police said.
The matter was reported and the Police went to the scene. Detectives reported that they observed one stab wound on the victim’s left chest area, one stab wound to his lower right chest area, and one to his left hand.
Acting on information received, the Police arrested the suspect at her mother’s house in Macknab. Police said that the teen admitted to stabbing her husband.
Shivlall’s body was escorted to the Suddie Public Hospital, where it was formally pronounced dead on arrival. The body is presently at the Suddie Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination. (G9)
