THE Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) late yesterday advised that the police bring murder charges against Angela Khan of Cummings Lodge for the murder of 37-year-old Bharrat Sugrim on Sunday while she and her husband were involved in a drunken brawl.

In addition, the DPP’s Chambers also advised that the woman be charged with wounding her husband Dhaniram Seewah. It is expected that the woman would have the charges laid against her this morning and is likely to appear in court during the day to answer to the wounding charge. She will not be required to answer to the murder charge since that is indictable.
Yesterday also, the Chambers of the DPP ordered the release of the woman’s husband Seewah who was taken into custody along with her since the police picked them up on Monday for questioning in relation to the murder of their drinking pal.
Sugrim who was a visitor to the couple’s home on Sunday attempted to intervene as a peacemaker when he was stabbed once to the region of the heart. This publication was advised that the post-mortem examination revealed that the man died as a result of a punctured heart caused by a sharp object.
Following the incident on Sunday the man was left lying in a pool of blood in the couple’s backyard and neither of them reported the incident to the police. Residents in the area said that the husband and wife would usually argue and have fights whenever they consumed alcohol.
The duo would then make death threats to each other and according to neighbours on Sunday, that was just another one of those days and they ignored the couple. No one knew then that someone had lost their life in the yard while playing the role of peacemaker between the couple.
On Monday the mother of the man who the DPP ordered to be released was convinced that he was going to take the rap for his wife and confess to the killing of Sugrim but that did not happen.

(By Leroy Smith)