SHANEEZA Mohamed, 28, of 211 Second Field, Cummings Lodge, yesterday in an exclusive interview with the Guyana Chronicle said that she had endured the 14 years of abuse by her reputed husband, Anthony Samaroo because of their three children.

Speaking from her hospital bed, the mother of three said that she was in much pain. She showed this publication stab wounds to her breasts and stomach as well as chops to her hand and face. Those wounds had been stitched up.
She said yesterday that the man, despite promises to change every time he had battered her, remained the same person.
She recalled that three months ago the man had severely beaten her to the point that her head required stitches. The woman said that police at Turkeyen Police Station started the process to have the man charged and placed before the courts but she begged for him.
Mohamed said that she told the police that she had forgiven the man and they had spoken and would no longer be interested in having the matter go to court. She added that when this was communicated to the ranks at the station they requested $10,000 from her, claiming that “they have to be paid to duck the story.”
And when asked why she did such a thing in view of the many current cases of domestic violence, she said that she did it for her children and the man had promised her, he would change. However, he continued with his normal abusive behaviour two days after.
Meanwhile, this publication was reliably informed that there was a complete transfer of all ranks from the Turkeyen Police Station recently so it may take a diligent effort to track which set of ranks had ducked the domestic violence case from going to court.
In recalling the incident on Tuesday, Mohamed told this reporter that at about 14:00 hrs, three ranks from the very station had to visit the home since the landlady’s granddaughter went for them after Samaroo began to behave disorderly. The man was then taken to the police station and placed on $10,000 station bail. Mohamed said that she as well as the landlord’s granddaughter gave the police a statement in the matter.
On their way back home the woman said that the man began verbally abusing her with a series of F’s and S’s which caused her to be reluctant to enter the home.
However, she had a change of heart and decided to go and take a bath before heading to her mother’s place as her children were already ready to ‘move out’.
After her bath she was in her bedroom when the man questioned her about where she was going and she told him that she was not going anywhere. However, suddenly she received a blow to her ribs and the beating followed.
The man then whipped out a knife from his back pocket and began stabbing her about the body. She said that when the man began stabbing her she started screaming and he then ran out of the house and has been on the run since.
She recalled a period when the man was sent to jail for two weeks by a magistrate after he had beaten her. She said that she and the man were not on terms for a period when she decided to start a relationship with another man.
But Samaroo had no intention of letting go and begged the woman to take him back and she relented, saying that she did so for her children’s welfare.
In what might have been a warning sign, Mohamed said that on Sunday she observed the man sharpening the very knife he used on her Tuesday night.
On Tuesday evening the woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after she sustained stab wounds from her reputed husband.
In the meantime, a senior member of the Guyana Police Force said yesterday that it was disturbing that the woman would have paid to end a domestic violence case. The source said that the woman should have reported the unethical request since there are systems in and out of the force which deal with such misconduct.