Days after holding out that his reputed wife died due to a self-inflicted stab wound, a Crabwood Creek, Corentyne man has buckled under pressure during Police interrogation, confessing that he inflicted the injury that lead to the woman’s dead.
The dead woman, 55-year-old Charmoney Charlie, also called “Peelo” of Lot 73 Grant 1803 Crabwood Creek, was forced to tell medical practitioners that she had stabbed herself after her husband had gotten into a rage.
DEAD: Charmoney Charlie, also called “Peelo”
However, on Wednesday, the dead woman’s husband, Rishee Lakhraj, 64, confessed to stabbing the woman. Police Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam confirmed that the Police are in possession of a confession statement.
Following the woman’s death on Monday, Lakhraj was taken into custody and was subsequently examined by a psychiatrist to determine his mental state – whether he is sane or of unsound mind.
However, when this publication visited the community on Tuesday, neighbours were tight-lipped. Some referred to the now dead woman as being insane while others said she was a frequent consumer of alcohol.
Police in a release on Tuesday said she died after being treated for a stab wound to her lower abdomen.
A neighbour, told Guyana Times that the woman stabbed herself on Friday evening and was treated at the Skeldon Hospital and sent away. She died on Monday.
Rishee Lakhraj has confessed to stabbing his wife
According to the 49-year-old neighbour, on Friday, Charlie stated that she had stabbed herself after she and her husband had a fight. The fight is said to have occurred after 23:00h.
“And me run over and come. Abe try carry she to the doctor the Saturday morning and she refuse to go. She nah wan go,” she explained.
However, on Saturday night the woman allowed her neighbour to take her to the Skeldon Hospital after the pain intensified. There, she was treated and sent away. “They give she one injection and some tablet.”
Charlie was told to return to the hospital on Sunday morning and did so where she was again treated with an injection and given more tablets. “They ent stitch up the cut, they just raise the clothes and dress am…,” the neighbour said.
She related that the wound was not bleeding when Charlie went to the hospital. She said the woman’s life might have been saved if they (doctors) had referred her to the New Amsterdam Hospital. The woman was at home on Monday and was about to do her chores when she reportedly fell and subsequently died.
The suspect and the now dead woman have been together for the past 15 years but did not have any children. The suspect is expected to make a court appearance shortly. (Andrew Carmichael)
