Golden Grove man’s killing: Charge against wife reduced to manslaughter
Aquiella Abrams, the 30-year-old woman who had initially been charged with murdering her reputed husband Michael Wilson on October 10, 2022, has been placed on $500,000 bail after the murder charge against her was reduced to manslaughter.
Last October, Abrams, of Onion Field, La Bonne Intention (LBI), ECD, had appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore on a capital charge of murder, which alleged that she had murdered 40-year-old Michael Wilson
Dead: Michael Wilson
at Lot 109 Sideline Dam, Golden Grove, ECD on October 10, 2022. She had not been required to enter a plea, and had been remanded to prison.
However, when the matter was called for report and disclosure on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, the prosecutor informed the court that based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the charge would be reduced to the lesser offence of manslaughter. As such, the murder charge was withdrawn and a charge for the lesser offence of manslaughter was instituted.
Abrams, who was represented by Attorney-at-Law Tuanna Hardy, was not required to plead to this indictable charge, which alleged that she unlawfully killed Wilson. The case has been adjourned to March 8 for continuation at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.
According to the Police, the couple had often had domestic disputes over allegations of infidelity levelled against Abrams by her reputed husband. This, according to Police, had previously led to physical and verbal abuse against the woman.
Manslaughter accused Aquiella Abrams
Investigators have said that during one of the couple’s arguments, the woman had told the man that she was ending their relationship and would be moving back into her parents’ home. However, on the day in question, the couple had had another argument as the woman was packing her belongings to move out of the house.
Police said the man armed himself with a knife and assaulted the woman, causing her to receive injuries to her forearm. The woman eventually succeeded in disarming Wilson and reportedly dealt him two stabs to his abdomen.
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) were summoned and the man was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he died while receiving treatment. (G1)
