RADHA Sukwah was, on Monday, committed to stand trial for the unlawful killing of her elderly lover in 2018.

Sukwah, 50, was committed by Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court following the closure of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the matter.

According to the Statement of Offence, Sukwah, on August 3, 2018, at Grant Lower Pomeroon River, unlawfully killed 73-year-old Deonarine called ‘Russian.’

She will go on trial at the next practical sitting of the Essequibo Assizes and will remain on $400,000 bail.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C., had granted a fiat to attorney-at-law Bernard DaSilva to prosecute the case on behalf of the State.

According to reports, on August 3, 2018, around 20:00 hours, Sukwah and Deonarine had a heated argument after he accused her of being unfaithful to him.

Sukwah had reportedly told the police that Deonarine pulled a knife on her as they scuffled. She also claimed that he had a gun and, during the scuffle, she pulled the trigger and shot the elderly man to the left side abdomen. The elderly man died on his way to the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity.

However, when Sukwah was initially questioned by investigators, the woman reportedly told the police that she and Deonarine were attacked by a masked man who was armed with a gun and a knife.

She stated, at the time, that she held on to both weapons during the ordeal and later she heard a gunshot.

The investigators did not believe her story, since she kept giving different versions of the incident while being questioned.

A post-mortem examination confirmed that Deonarine died as a result of shock and hemorrhage due to the gunshot injury he sustained.