An 18-year-old woman has been charged with the capital offence of murder after her husband was stabbed to death on Sunday in the village of Macknab, Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Police in a statement have said that Reshona Moses, a housewife of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, appeared before Magistrate Chrystel Lambert at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court and was not required to plead to the indictable charge for the offence of murder, contrary to common law.
Dead: Anthony Shivlall
Particulars of the charge allege that she murdered Anthony Shivlall, called “Davie”, a 27-year-old labourer of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast. Moses was remanded to prison until March 28, when she will appear at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.
It was reported that on January 18, 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. At about 02:00h on Saturday, 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. 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 her escape,” the Police said the elderly woman told detectives. The matter was reported and the Police went to the scene.
Murder accused Reshona Moses
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 Moses at her mother’s house in Macknab. Police say 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.
