Parika man charged, remanded for stabbing wife to death

Melroy La Rose, a 24-year-old resident of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, has been remanded to prison for stabbing his wife Nikesha Sutton to death during an argument earlier in the month.
He appeared on Friday before Leonora Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul and was not required to plead to an indictable charge, which stated that on March 4, 2024, he murdered 24-year-old Nikesha Sutton at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo.

Following his arraignment, he was remanded to prison until March 28, 2024.

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It has been reported that on the day in question, La Rose and Sutton were engaged in a heated argument after he returned home in an inebriated state. After an initial confrontation, La Rose left the house, but returned a few hours later, and another argument ensued between the couple. This led to a physical altercation between them.
Police have said that the woman’s sister had attempted to make peace, but her efforts proved futile, because La Rose, in a drunken state, instructed his wife to leave their home, thus prompting her to gather some of her belongings and head towards her sister’s nearby residence.
While Sutton was making her way through a track, La Rose attacked and stabbed her in the neck with a broken bottle. She reportedly collapsed while he fled the scene on foot. The injured Sutton was picked up and taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Following the incident, the police had issued a wanted bullet for his arrest. Two days later, LaRose was arrested by ranks of the Timehri Police Station in that village.