Port Kaituma carpenter gets 9 years for killing reputed wife

Forty-one-year-old Tyron James, a carpenter, of Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini) who admitted to killing his reputed wife, Evanee Baptiste back in 2018 was recently sentenced to nine years in prison.
James, back in January 2024, entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter; thereby accepting that he killed 37-year-old Baptiste, on July 15, 2018, after he struck her in the head after witnessing her dancing with another man.

During her ruling, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry recommended vocational training for James as provided by the Guyana Prison Service (GPS).
James was represented by Attorney Teriq Mohammed, while Caressa Henry and Padma Dubraj appeared on behalf of the prosecution.
It was reported that on July 15, 2018, Baptiste was drinking at the waterfront in Port Kaituma when James noticed her dancing with a man known as “Stone Face”. Having become upset, James approached the woman and gave her a cuff to her head, resulting in her falling to the ground. Thereafter, James went to the Port Kaituma Police Station and reported the incident.
When the injured Baptiste was transported to the Port Kaituma Hospital, she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her cause of death was listed as blunt trauma-related cerebral haemorrhage.
James acknowledged hitting the mother of his children in a caution statement given to the Police, saying, “Officer, I did cuff she, but I don’t know where I cuff she.”
He explained that he had seen her “drinking and back-balling” on “Stone Face”, and it had infuriated him, causing him to act in the way he had done.