DETECTIVE Rondell Gouveia on Friday found himself on the wrong side of the law, when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court charged for beating his child’s mother after she had accused him of stealing from her purse.

Gouveia, who is attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul charged with wounding his reputed wife, Candace Younge on June 8, 2018, at Sophia, Greater Georgetown and using threatening language.

The officer was also charged with assaulting the woman’s sister Alisa Martin, causing her actual bodily harm, and using threatening language.

He is further charged with damaging Younge’s cell phone and behaving disorderly at the Turkeyen Police Station. According to the facts of the case, Younge is the “child mother” of Gouveia and they lived together in Sophia.

According to reports, on the day in question, Gouveia’s son is alleged to have caught him stealing money from his mother’s bag. The child told his mother and when she confronted Gouveia, he became annoyed.

The man is accused of hitting and kicking his reputed wife several times and damaging her cell phone. Younge became afraid and ran outside onto the veranda, locking the door behind her. While outside, Younge raised an alarm and her sister, Martin, came to her rescue.

Martin pelted several bricks at Gouveia but the missiles missed. The man then picked up a spade, turned to Martin and began dealing her several lashes about her body. The matter was reported to the Turkeyen Police Station and Gouveia was arrested. When he was taken back to the police station, Gouveia behaved in a disorderly manner.
The matter was prosecuted by David Goodridge and the detective was represented by attorney-at-law Dexter Todd. Gouveia was released on $150,000 bail and the matter was adjourned until July 9.