Fisherman admits to killing wife with iron bar in 2017
Fisherman Raywatram Mooloo, also called ‘Adesh’ and ‘Cow Curry’, a resident of Number 58 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, has confessed to killing his girlfriend by beating her with an iron bar back in 2017.
The 31-year-old admitted to the crime when he appeared before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Berbice High Court, where he has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when the charge was read to him.
The charge he faces stated that, on May 26, 2017, he unlawfully killed his wife, 37-year-old Gomattie Ramsingh.
Gomattie Ramsingh while she was injured and had been receiving medical attention
The State was represented by Prosecutor Nafeeza Baig, while Mooloo was represented by attorney-at-law Surihya Sabsook.
It has been reported that on May 24, 2017, the accused used an iron rod and a piece of wood to inflict injuries on Ramsingh. She later succumbed to those injuries. It has been reported that, among other things, Mooloo hit the woman to her head with the iron rod.
However, before taking her last breath at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Ramsingh had a video recorded that recounted the incident, wherein she had alleged that Mooloo had dragged her by her hair down a flight of stairs and around the yard. In that video recording, she had claimed that he had brutalised her for taking away an illegal drug which he had purchased, and for not giving him money on demand.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Ramsingh’s body has indicated that her death was due to blunt force trauma sustained to the head, besides spinal and other internal injuries.
The accused had gone into hiding following the woman’s death, but turned himself in after Police had arrested several of his family members.
Police had reportedly gone to one of the suspect’s relatives after receiving information that he was hiding there. As the officers approached the home, the suspect was seen running into the backlands. But after several family members had been arrested, Mooloo turned up at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam two hours later, in company of Attorney-at-law Mursaline Bacchus.
Meanwhile, following the guilty plea on Tuesday, Justice Morris-Ramlall has deferred sentencing to July 12, 2022.
