— barber hired hitman to kill Berbice domestic worker

POLICE in ‘B’ Division have made a major breakthrough in the execution
of the domestic worker at Tain on Tuesday Night.

The Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that the barber, his wife and
two persons who are believed to be the ones responsible for carrying
out the murder, are now in custody assisting with investigations.

According to a source close to the investigation, the barber was
responsible for hiring the hitmen to ‘take out’ 45-year-old Lilawattie
Mohamed on behalf of a woman with whom he was having an affair.

While details are sketchy, this publication understands that the
woman’s husband, a prominent businessman, shared a relationship with
Mohamed.
This allegedly angered his wife even though she too was
having an affair with the barber and beseeched him to help her get rid
of Mohamed.

The barber allegedly solicited the help of two hitmen from Rose Hall
Town with the promise of a handsome reward. One of the men is said to
be a tattoo artist and a deportee while the other is said to be a
Jamaican wanted in connection with another hit in Rose Hall
Town.

The barber allegedly hired the men and hatched the plan to make it
appear as though it was a robbery; however, investigators were able to
put the pieces together and realised it was not a robbery but a hit.

Mohamed, a domestic worker, was at home with her
19-year-old son and 20-year-old daughter, when two masked gunmen
barged into her home about 23:30 hrs on Tuesday night.
The men ordered the woman and her son, Ashad Ishack, to kneel on the
floor, while her daughter hid under a bed. The men asked “where the
money at?” and when Lilawattie said she did not have any, one of the
men placed a gun under her chin and shot her at point blank range. The
bullet exited through her skull killing her instantly.

On Wednesday, the police detained the barber since relatives of Mohamed
disclosed that he was making threats to her.
He was released on Saturday afternoon only to be re-arrested shortly with his wife after
one of the suspects in custody implicated him in the plan to execute Mohamed.