On Wednesday, 39-year-old Lucri Fiffee of 1109 West Minister, West Demerara, was remanded to prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Rosemary Rudder which took place on Good Friday evening.

The man who had turned himself into the police after the incident, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court. The matter was transferred to the Wales Magistrate’s Court where the man would make his next court appearance on June 14, 2018.

A post-mortem performed on the remains of the woman suggested that she died as a result of a compression to the neck compounded by blunt trauma to the head. On the night in question, the woman reportedly trailed the man to West Minister where he was heading to the home of another woman with whom he shared a relationship. He and Rudder ended their relationship sometime ago.

However, while trailing the man, the woman got lost and eventually called Fiffee and related to him that she was trailing him but got lost in the village. The man then went out to get the woman to safety and he took her at his home where she encountered the other female and as such, Fiffee and Rudder ended up fighting. It was during the fight when the woman was choked and died. He immediately went to the police station where he made a report about the matter and the police later visited his home where the found the motionless body of the woman. Fiffee, who operates a minibus, was subsequently informed that the woman was dead and he was detained as the police conducted their investigation and are also awaiting the result of a post-mortem for the woman.