MURDER accused Desmond August Gordon, alias ‘Tall Man’, of Lot 196 Mangru Street, Rose Hall Town Corentyne appeared on Friday before Albion Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer, charged with unlawfully killing his common-law wife Bhagmattie Angad, called Bhagmattie Etwaroo, Kamini, and Kamani Etwaroo, at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice on May 9 last.The 50-year-old cane harvester who was unrepresented by legal council is alleged to have fatally wounded his common-law wife of five years following a drinking spree at their home.

Police Lance Corporal 20258 Mendonca, who instituted the capital charge, swore to the information before the magistrate.

It was detailed to the court that earlier on the fateful day, a friend named ‘Cheto’ had visited the couple’s home armed with a large bottle of rum. After consuming half the amount, the defendant reportedly told his wife to stop consuming the alcoholic beverage.
It was during this time that the visitor left and a disagreement arose between the couple.

A neighbour, Lennox Fernandes, becoming aware of the domestic row, went over to the couple’s home and saw the defendant armed with two cutlasses whilst the now deceased woman was braced to a wall in the upper flat of the two-storeyed wooden building.

Fernandes made a failed attempt to relieve the defendant of the cutlasses; but after persuading him not to harm the woman, both men left Bhagmatie in the upper flat and sat on the front stairs. Moments later, she jumped from the upper flat and landed in front of the yard.

The defendant is alleged to have started beating the woman as the witness left the yard to inform neighbours. Shortly afterwards, the defendant was seen exiting the yard with what appeared to be blood stains on his clothes. He told the witness, “Go collect the pig now. I kill the woman and I going and kill myself.”

On checking, Fernandes found the bloodied, motionless body of ‘Kamini’. Gordon was subsequently arrested and taken into police custody. However, on May 10th, he was seen by Dr La Rose at the Port Mourant Hospital because of a swelling on his left wrist.

The defendant was refused bail and remanded to prison until June 3.