Plaisance woman gets bail for killing husband in 2018

A Plaisance woman, who is accused of killing her reputed husband back in 2018, was on Friday granted $300,000 bail by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall when she made another appearance in the High Court.

Twenty-seven-year-old Melissa Playter, a mother of three of 41 Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was charged on December 5, 2018, for the murder of 38-year-old Victor Roberts – her abuser and the father of her youngest child.
However, although she was granted bail, she could not have afforded it due to financial constraints but “You Are Not Alone” (YANA) Foundation, and Women and Gender Equality Commissioner, Vanda Radzik offered to post bail.

Further, the Foundation and Radzik were able to retain Attorney Sanjeev Datadin, who managed to get the woman to be charged with a lesser count of manslaughter.
Reports are that the victim was

reportedly stabbed to the chest by Playter during a heated argument on December 2, 2018.
As a result, Roberts fell to the ground and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The matter was then reported, and Playter was arrested and arraigned at the Magistrates’ Courts. Following a Preliminary Inquiry (PI), the court found sufficient evidence to have the case heard at the High Court.
Nevertheless, Justice Ramlall, in granting bail, ordered the accused to lodge her passport.
However, she explained to the court that the deceased burned her travel documents when she tried to leave him. As such, her birth certificate was the only document that was lodged.