Woman who stabbed neighbour with pitchfork remanded

Denise Hilliman, a 53-year-old resident of Lamaha Park Squatting Area in Georgetown, who is accused of stabbing her neighbour with a pitchfork, has been remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge.

The woman appeared on Wednesday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on July 11, 2021, at Lamaha Park Squatting Area, with intent to commit murder, she caused grievous bodily harm to Otoley Whyte, who remains hospitalised in a serious condition.
The court heard from the Police Prosecutor that Hilliman and Whyte are neighbours; and
on the day in question, at around 17:30h, Whyte’s brother and Hilliman’s sons were gambling. Soon after, a fight ensued between them, and upon seeing this, Whyte hurriedly rushed towards the men in an effort to make peace. Her neighbour Hilliman, however, stabbed her to the chest with a pitchfork.
The woman was picked up in an unconscious state and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she remains a patient.
Hilliman will make another appearance later this month at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. (G1)