Plaisance man who fatally stabbed shop owner remanded

The 56-year-old man who stabbed a shop owner to death in the wee hours of Monday morning after accusing her of sending her monkey to steal from him was arraigned for the heinous crime when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

Samuel Cummings, of Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD), appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool and did not have to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on January 6, 2020, at Plaisance, ECD, he murdered Sharon Burnett. He was remanded to prison until February 4, 2020.
Reports are that hours before the woman’s death, the suspect visited the shop while she was attending to customers and began hurling insults at her.
It was then that he levelled accusations that the now-dead woman had sent a monkey, which he believed she owned, into his home to steal his cash and other items.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that the Cummings threatened to kill the woman and left.
However, on Monday morning, at about 00:30h, the suspect allegedly went to the now-dead woman’s shop where she had been resting and continued a verbal row with her over the monkey.
It was reported that the argument escalated and within minutes, the angry man dealt the woman several stab wounds about her body. He then exited the shop.
A relative reportedly saw the man, whom he identified as Burnette’s neighbour, leaving her shop moments before her body was found in a pool of blood.
It was also confirmed that the suspect was no stranger to the family.