Parika housewife chopped by husband after refusing to reconcile

A farmer has been arrested after he reportedly attacked and chopped his wife on Wednesday at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
The injured woman has been identified as 48-year-old Cherriel Fredricks, whose four fingers have been severed during the cutlass attack. She remains hospitalized.
Police have said that the woman and her common-law partner had had a misunderstanding about three weeks ago, and that had led to her moving out of the home they had shared and reportedly going to stay with her sister, also in Parika Backdam.
On Wednesday, at about 06:00h, the husband was working in the area, and he went over to where his wife was staying and pleaded with her to return home. Fredricks was, however, reluctant to return home, but the suspect insisted by holding on to her hand and trying to pull her out of her sister’s yard. In retaliation, she grabbed a rolling pin and dealt him a blow to his head.
Upon seeing what was happening, the victim’s daughter went to her mother’s rescue with a cutlass in her hands, but the suspect managed to take it away, and
he then turned his attention to his wife and chopped her several times to her left hand.
After committing the act, he attempted to escape, but was cornered by residents, who tied him up and handed him over to the Police at Parika.
The cutlass which he had disposed of was retrieved and was also handed over to the Police.
The injured woman was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where she was treated before later being transferred to West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH). The suspect remains in custody, pending charges.