TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Unika Stewart of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara was up to late last evening receiving medical attention at a city hospital, after she was assaulted by the father of her children.

The Guyana Chronicle was told that the woman and the man had separated since last year, but they continue to have problems as he has been trying to get her to return to the home. However, the woman has reportedly hooked up with another gentleman, to show him that she was serious about moving on with her life. Reports are that he too has picked up with someone else.

Things got sour on Tuesday when, it is alleged the woman visited the home of the man to remove a bed they once shared, and the former male partner refused to hand over the piece of furniture to her. He, reportedly, instead told the woman that he has taken her name, a photograph, a wig, and a shoe to an ‘obeah man’ at Mahaica, with the hopes that the `see-far man’ will help him to get back his lost love.

Such utterances immediately sent the woman into frenzy and she immediately telephoned the man’s aunt and asked to see and speak with her, to which the woman agreed. Shortly after, the man also called the same aunt and requested to see her also. And, it was while the mother of three was at the man’s aunt recounting her side of the story, that he showed up and refuted her complaints which led to a scuffle.

The aunt related to the Guyana Chronicle said that she cautioned the two people and begged them to stop. The couple ceased their bickering and subsequently left.

The woman said as she was leaving, she overheard the woman telling the man not to go to the `obeah man’ and that she will return to their home, but he accused her of lying. Not long after, the aunt said that a man came to her and informed that her nephew, who is known as ‘Trini’, had hurt his reputed wife and that she as lying on the roadway. The woman said that she sent her daughter, who upon seeing the Stewart on the road, attempted to render assistance to her.

Meanwhile, over at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where the injured woman was rushed, a sister related that the estranged man subsequently visited her home and had asked to see their mother. She added that the man a huge sum of money in his hands and claimed when they enquired what he what, he reportedly told them that he wanted the woman to return home and that he was going to the `obeah man’ for her.

The man then left, but shortly after, the family received news that he went into hiding after he had cuffed, lashed and stabbed the woman on a street at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that after the couple had separated, they were still living together, and that the now hospitalised woman was encouraged by her mother to remove from the house, if indeed the two were not in a relationship. Stewart to took her mother’s advice, left the house, and even went in search of a job to care for her three children.