Husband slapped with several charges including abduction of wife

The man who allegedly dragged his wife out of a friend’s house and took her to a location on the East Coast of Demerara was on Tuesday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.
Martin Baker, 50, a labourer of Warren Village, East Coast Berbice, was not required to plead to an abduction charge.
The police stated that Martin abducted Dhanmattie Sumara with intent to cause her to be secretly confined – contrary to section 4 of the Kidnapping Act, Chapter 10:05.
He was also charged with malicious damage to property, common assault and threatening behaviour committed on 27-year-old Dhanmattie Sumara of Warren Village.
The charges were read to him by Magistrate Alex Moore. He is expected to return to court on July 12, 2019, for a police progress report.
It was reported that on June 4, Baker went to the friend’s home at Warren Village, and after not being allowed into the house, he broke open the front door. He had gone to get his reputed wife who went to the friend’s house for protection.
The woman was reportedly dragged from the house against her will. She was also reportedly lashed several times with a cutlass as she was being dragged through the streets. Three days later, the couple was found at a house in Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara. The man was arrested and charged.
The woman, however, held out that she was not abducted and that she went to the East Coast of Demerara willingly.