Man stabs common-law wife to death, attempts suicide

Afisherman on Monday hacked his common-law wife to death at their Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home after he accused her of infidelity.

Dead is 26-year-old Aneeza Ishmael.

The suspect, a fisherman, who congested a poisonous substance, has since confessed to the heinous crime and is under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Police stated that Ishmael and the suspect, who lived together, had an ongoing domestic dispute after he would oftentimes accuse her of being unfaithful.

Based on reports received, the woman left her home on Thursday last and went to a friend’s house at Better Hope, ECD, where she spent several days.

However, she returned home on Monday at about 10:00h in the company of her sister, Fazeela, with the intention of collecting her belongings, but she was confronted by the suspect, who asked her not to leave.

CJIA cocaine bust

US-based Guyanese jailed for 4 years for drugs in milk powder packets …local singer remanded

After pleading guilty to trafficking 6.070 kilograms of cocaine, USbased Guyanese Cranson Henry was jailed for four years and fined $30,000 by Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce on Monday.

The man, 52, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD), and of Rockaway Avenue 11212 Brooklyn, New York, USA, appeared at the Diamond/ Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts.

seven Milex milk packets containing a whitish powdery substance was seen in his suitcase.

CANU, in a release on the bust, said Henry admitted to having a quantity of narcotics in his luggage, and as such he was arrested and escorted to CANU Headquarters.

The substance subsequently tested positive for cocaine, weighed approximately 13.4 lbs. (6.070 kilograms), and has a street value of $13.3 million, CANU said.

She reportedly informed the suspect that she had only gone to the house to collect her personal belongings and would not stay. This allegedly angered the suspect, who whipped out a knife from the waist of his pants, and attacked the now dead woman.

Upon seeing this, the victim’s sister pushed her away and instructed her to run. Upon doing so, the suspect gave chase and caught her in the yard. It was then, he stabbed her in the neck, the left side face, and both hands.

The suspect then turned his attention to the victim’s sister, but she put up a fight during which she received a wound to her left thumb. After committing the act, the suspect reportedly inflicted several wounds on his body and consumed a poisonous substance.

He too fell to the ground. By this time, neighbours had alerted the Police. Upon their arrival at the scene, Ishmael and the suspect were picked up and taken to the Nabaclis Hospital where they were both admitted.

Ishmael, nevertheless took her last breath at about 12:20h while receiving treatment. On the other hand, the suspect was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted as a patient under guard.

Meanwhile, at the scene, a red and black-handled knife with bloodstains along with an empty bottle suspected to have contained the poisonous substance that the suspect had consumed were found.

The victim’s body was taken to Memorial Gardens

Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem.

Just about two weeks ago, 47-year-old Edward Sukhu called “Paul” of Number 69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was charged with attempting to murder his wife, Zeena Haripal, by throwing a kerosene stove on her.

It was reported that on February 15, the couple was involved in an argument over a cell phone.

At the time, the accused was under the influence of alcohol and the woman was cooking on a one-burner ker- osene stove in the kitchen. According to reports received, the argument got heated and the woman turned away to avoid any conflict but it was then, the suspect picked up the stove and threw it on her, causing the flammable liquid to spill onto her hair and clothing.

Within seconds, the woman was on fire. The husband attempted to escape but due to water on the floor at the front of the door, he slipped and fell face downwards, injuring himself. The couple was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where they were admitted.

Sukhu was later discharged and charged by the Police while the woman is being treated for burns about her body.

In the absence of the certificate of value, Henry was fined only $30,000 instead of three times the street value of the drug. The street value of the narcotic is $13.3 million.

His co-accused, 44-yearold Mark Ferdinand of Samaria Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD), denied the charge and was remanded to prison until Monday, March 27.

He appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

The Customs AntiNarcotics Unit (CANU) reported that Henry, an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) destined for New York, was questioned after

According to CANU, further investigations led to the arrest of Mark Ferdinand, a singer, who had been arrested in 2015 in the United States of America for drug trafficking.

According to the law enforcement agency, Berkeley Ferdinand, the brother of Mark, had been charged by CANU in 2016 for trafficking in narcotics, and had been imprisoned for three years. (G1)