Saturday January 04, 2014
Kaieteur News
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Jilted man stabs reputed wife to death A jilted and jealous 27year-old man fatally stabbed the mother of his three children to death at her mother’s house located at 932 Second Street, Paradise, East Coast Demerara. Around 19:00 hours yesterday, 24-year-old Monica Adams reportedly met her demise in the presence of her six, four and one-year old children at the hands of their father, Paul Scotland, whom her 16-year-old brother, Charles Elliott, claimed had barged in their house and proceeded to kill his sister. And about an hour later, the police arrested the killer who was identified as Paul Scotland. The young man who witnessed the incident recalled that his sister, her children, a cousin and him were watching television at
their Paradise residence when Scotland walked in the open front door, grabbed Monica by her hair and dragged her to the back of the yard. “He walked in the house and dragged her by her hair. He pulled her through the mud and carried her to the back of the yard where he stabbed her up with a small knife,” the distraught young man said. He explained that Scotland stabbed his sister about her face and upper body. He said that as soon as the man grabbed his sister he rushed to grab a metal pipe and joined the melee which was unfolding at the back of their yard. In an effort to save his sister from her abusive exboyfriend he dealt the man two lashes with the metal pipe. At this point the man turned
on him and in a fit of rage chased after him with the said knife in hand. The young man recalled that he ran towards the house which at that time was in a state of confusion. “I had a metal pipe which I hit him two times with. Then he turn to me and stated running me through the house and he catch me one time with the knife.” According to the brother, amidst the screaming of the terrified children, Scotland abandoned his attempt to injure him and fled the scene of the incident. The 16-year-old said, “Everyone was surprised to see him cause he don’t usually come there. He just walk in and just went straight to her. The door was open cause my cousin had just come in.”
Elliott recalled that he urgently went to the neighbour and called his brother who immediately arrived on the scene. They solicited the assistance of neighbours and the woman’s body was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) where she was pronounced dead on arrival. According to the young man, the last time he saw Scotland was about three weeks ago when he visited his children. He said that the couple used to live at Helen #1, Mahaica but later moved to the mother’s residence in Paradise. When Kaieteur News arrived at GPHC, relatives of the woman were in a state of disbelief. They related that they had received a call from Adams’s brother who had
SWAT Team to begin training by mid-January - Rohee A forensic laboratory, training of a SWAT team and the acquisition of an aircraft for the Guyana Police Force are some of the projects that the Home Affairs Ministry plans to get off the ground this year. “The year 2014 promises to be one of opportunities and challenges for the Ministry of Home Affairs and I strongly believe that the Ministry…is poised to make a meaningful contribution to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Guyana,” Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, said yesterday. Outlining some of these plans, Rohee disclosed that 14 applicants from the Guyana Police Force were interviewed and identified for training at the Aeronautical Engineering School at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. They are expected to commence training this year. “In respect of the Aeronautical Branch for the Guyana Police Force, efforts are underway to develop the structure of the Branch and to source a Fixed Wing Aircraft for its operation,” the Minister said. Regarding the setting up of a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team, to confront special types of violent crime, Rohee revealed that an Organizational Needs Assessment for the Unit has been completed while training should commence by mid-January. The Ministry has signed a contract with The Emergence Group (TEG) of the United States of America to train ranks for the Unit. He also stated that the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory should have been completed last April, but this goal was not realised due to
delays experienced by the primary Contractor. “The project which is approximately 90 percent completed is now expected to be completed by February.” He said that equipment for the laboratory has already been procured and the installation will commence this month, after uninterrupted power supply is installed in the building. Staff members for the laboratory have already been recruited and are becoming au fait with their individual and collective responsibilities. “The Director of the Forensic Laboratory was recruited in October 2013. That officer is now developing an Operational/Activity Plan from the Laboratory’s Strategic Plan,” Rohee said. Meanwhile, the Minister also said that Rehabilitation works in the sum of $4,490,325 were conducted at the Marine Wing of the Guyana Police Force and four aluminum boats and one 500HP Work boat were procured at an
overall cost of $64.9 million. In addition, two training courses for coxswains for command of Territorial Sea Patrol Boats were conducted from last August 1, to August 30, 2013, and from November 16, 2013 to November 29, 2013 respectively at the Guyana Police Force Officers Training Centre. He said that these measures “will go a far way to ensure that the water transport and human resource capacity of the GPF Marine Wing to combat piracy and other crimes committed in our territorial sea and the internal waterways of Guyana. And Rohee also noted that work has already commenced on the modernization of the Guyana Prison Service. A Standing Orders Committee has been established to compile Standing Orders for the Agency and various Boards, all of which include civilians have been established to assist the Agency in fulfilling its mandate. Cabinet has also approved a name change for the Guyana Prison Service to ‘Guyana Prison and
Correctional Service’. The Ministry has approached the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs requesting that the Bill for this name change be tabled in Parliament. In addition, $122M of the budgetary allocation of $129M for Capital works in 2013 was spent on projects, including the Construction of the Brick Prison ; Construction of Lusignan Prison; Rehabilitation of Trade Shops and procurement of Cell Locks According to the Minister, these projects are intended to provide a more secure environment for officers and inmates. Work is apace to overhaul the Lusignan Prison to transform it into a modern facility in keeping with the Ministry’s thrust for the Guyana Prison Service to evolve into an institution with a “Correctional” focus.
informed them that Monica Adams was at the hospital. They were oblivious to the fact that she had already died. Relatives recalled that earlier today, the man had been placing several calls to the woman who kept insisting that she was finished with him. Her aunt, Beverly Peters said, “They broke up last year and he always saying he gonna kill her.” She stated that the two shared a relationship from since Adams was around 16. Peters recalled that the relationship had terminated since she was constantly battered by him continuously. “She leff he cause they used to live at the mother house and
he used to want beat she in the house. She just get fed up and done with he.” “I see she today, she was alright but he been calling she phone all day. When I answer he stay quiet but he then block he number and kept calling and calling,” Peters said. The aunt recalled the last phone call between the two. According to Peters, her niece told the man, “I done tell yuh one thing. I done and that’s it.” She said that man was “molesting” her niece despite having started a new relationship. “He living with someone in Mahaica but we don’t know what’s he (continued on page 12)
Con artist slapped with five charges Hemant Silchan, the 42year-old con artist, of Champagne, Mahaicony was on Thursday remanded to prison by Magistrate Sunil Scarce after he appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges relating to false pretence and simple larceny. Silchan was slapped with five false pretence charges and one simple larceny charge. He entered not guilty pleas to those charges. Police have reported that Silchan took advantage of a number of Essequibians by fleecing them of some $1M, while posing as a senior welfare officer operating on the Essequibo Coast. Silchan targeted primarily persons who were experiencing marital problems. Added reports suggest that Silchan skillfully
carried out his scheme on vulnerable Essequibians throughout the Coast and also from persons living at Capoey Mission. On December 29, 2013, Silchan was eventually apprehended by the police at Bush Lot, Essequibo. He was identified by the mechanic, whom he conned of almost $120,000 in cash. The mechanic acted on a tip he received and duly informed the police at Anna Regina, who accompanied him to Bush Lot where Silchan was apprehended and placed into custody. Silchan apparently ventured to the Essequibo Coast after committing similar activities in Mahaicony and Sophia. Victims said that Silchan was always neatly clad.