TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Stephanie Gamell, a former teacher of the Pomeroon River and Richmond Housing Scheme was on Friday charged for the murder of her 75-year-old grandmother.

Gamell appeared virtually before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.

She was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that she between November 26 and 27, 2022, at Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, murdered Agatha Gamell.

She was remanded to prison and will make her second court appearance on February 27, 2023.

During the hearing, the court was told that Gamell is currently receiving psychological treatment and is responding well. Following Agatha’s death, Gamell was hospitalised after it was disclosed that she was suffering from postpartum depression.

Agatha’s battered body was discovered in her home on November 27, 2022, with her throat slit, her hair cut off, salt on her body and lime plastered on her face.

Reports are that Gamell was visiting her grandmother when she went berserk. After allegedly killing the elderly woman, she handed over her one-month old baby to neighbours claiming that the child had died.

Relatives said that Gamell started exhibiting strange behaviour after giving birth.