Following the murder of his mother allegedly at the hands of another sibling on Sunday night, 32-year-old Davendra Deonauth yesterday regretted that the family didn’t take more decisive action to protect his parents from abuse.
Rama ttie Deonauth
He says that he and his sister will be looking into the welfare of his father who is paralyzed from the waist down.
Speaking at his mother’s Lot 41 Croal Street, Enterprise, East Coast Demerara home yesterday, Deonauth told Stabroek News yesterday that the woman, the late 55-year-old Ramattie Deonauth, was the sole breadwinner of her household in which she and his father lived along with his older brother. He said his mother did domestic work around the village in order to sustain the household. His father became ill about four years ago and has since been confined to his bed.
When asked what might be the reason behind his brother’s actions on Sunday night, Deonauth recounted an incident which occurred about 14 years ago when, he recalled, his brother started to consume alcohol heavily. He said his sibling and a few other boys of his age were ‘drinking’ at a shop in the village when he got into an argument with another person. He said his brother was attacked by the individual and his friends and sustained severe injuries to several parts of his body, including his head.
Davendra Deonauth
He said his sibling was admitted to the hospital and after spending over a month there, he was discharged from the medical institution, complaining of severe pain to the left side of his head, close to where he was struck.
He said since then, whenever his brother consumed alcohol, he would “veer off” and would verbally abuse the other members of his family, including his parents. He said after he and his sister moved out of his parents’ house, his brother continued to abuse their parents even though he would be chided by the other members of his family as well as neighbours. He said he and his sister even made several reports to the Vigilance Police Station about his brother’s treatment towards his parents but his mother would often ask the officers there to release him.
Deonauth related that on Sunday, his brother, who he described as an alcoholic, went to a ‘wedding house’, located several houses away, and spent most of the day there consuming alcohol with his friends. He said he was told that around 3 pm, his younger sibling returned home in an intoxicated state, and enquired from his mother, whether she had prepared his lunch. He said the man then started to verbally and physically abuse his parents and it was only after several neighbours intervened that he walked out of the house.
He said he was informed that his brother was beaten by his neighbours that Sunday afternoon and this may have fuelled his intentions that evening. One of the woman’s neighbours told this newspaper yesterday that the woman’s son wanted to throw his mother off of the step of her home on Sunday afternoon and it was only after they intervened he did not carry through with his intentions. She said two persons in the neighbourhood spoke to the man about his behaviour and he responded by saying that he was going “to kill his mother for talking his name with neighbours”.
Where his father’s future is concerned, Deonauth stated that the ailing man will be moving to his sister’s house, since she usually takes care of him whenever his mother was away. With sadness in his eyes, Deonauth stated that he never believed his brother would have attacked his mother in that manner even if he was intoxicated at the time.
On Monday, her husband Siew Deonauth and a family friend Darshanie, who resided with the family, recalled the woman being cuffed, kicked and trampled upon by her son who demanded that she prepare his dinner. She was taken into her bedroom by the man where she reportedly received the brunt of the beating. During this time Darshanie hid under the bed as the woman was being beaten and about an hour later, the man left the house, leaving his motionless mother on the floor.
Davendra said when his sibling came over to his house at Enterprise Gardens around 5:30 am on Monday and told him that their mother was dead, his thoughts immediately went out to his father. He said a call was also made to his sister and the two went to their parents’ home where they discovered their mother lying on the bedroom floor, with blood oozing out of her nostrils. He said she also had several cuts and bruises on her face and other parts of her half naked body.
He said he regretted the fact that he and other relatives did not do something more decisive where the well-being of his mother and father was concerned.
He said being a father of three, it is only after his mother died, that he realized how important it is for children to obey and honour their parents and likewise, for parents to look into the interest of their children.
According to the police, Ramattie Deonauth’s motionless body was found at her home on Monday morning around 5 am and the suspect has been arrested. A post-mortem examination is expected to be performed on the woman today while the suspect is expected to appear in court shortly to answer to the capital offence of murder.
The woman will be cremated this weekend at the Good Hope Crematorium.
i guess what is done is done and one cannot blame each other and family members for what should or should not have been done, but it is quite amazing to read what the brother wrote –
“He said being a father of three, it is only after his mother died, that he realized how important it is for children to obey and honour their parents and likewise, for parents to look into the interest of their children”.
too late, no crocodile tears. shame on you and the others for doing nothing when the help was needed.
no help needed now, so yo and all the others should shut up.
This is sheer rubbish … Shame on all who condone this act, there should have been a law that could have marched all of them before the courts…
This guy should shut his face and go bury it in the mud, letting another man beat/kill the woman who gave him life. I don’t care who the abuser was, father, brother or son; Davendra should have been that which God put him on earth to be, an Honorable Protector of his dear Mother…some thing ever man should be.
This whole thing is so sickening. No child should attack their parent especially their mothers.
The whole lot of those children are responsible for the mother’s death, not only the one who killed her . They basically did nothing while she was beaten over those years to her death.
The Chronic reported the father as saying that the monster murderer repeatedly raped his mother! His own mother! You mean to say that this paralyzed man mouth was paralyzed too so that he could’t tell his kids what was really going on in that house?
it seems as if the son who killed the mother was mentally disturbed – everyone crying out for help but no one seems to be listening.
I agree with you. the son did seek some kind of help from the police but the mother would always beg for him.. There are a lot of mentally ill people all over the place and many do not know it. Those of us who recognise it need to educate them and help them seek attention for their illnesses.. Alcoholism is a problem, a grave problem and the necessary authority is doing nothing about it to curb this serious problem.
Severe brain injuries have been known to cause personality changes along a continuum ranging from benign eccentric religiosity to stark mad raving lunacy.
There well could be mental health issues but from my overall reading of this vicious crime. Is it was common knowledge that this abuse was happening by the family and friends and something should have been done to at least stop this man.
From my limited view of guyana mental health I assume people are just left to wonder with the familar words dem head aint good.
Are mental health issues dealt with by a support system?
He wasn’t a lunatic his abusive tendencies only manifested themselves when he was intoxicated.If that is the case then many in Guyana are brain damage
Aha, Disturbed, you would surprised to know how many are so disturbed.
June 28, 2004 Clement Jonas speared to death by mentally unstable son.
December 22, 2007 Frederick Whyte died 1 week after being stabbed in chest by mentally-ill sister-in-law.
May 12, 2008 Mahendi Hussein bludgeoned to death by mentally unstable man.
August 2, 2008 Natasha Vieira strangled to death by mentally-ill patent at GTPHC.
August 19, 2008 Kamoa Adamale bludgeoned to death while sleeping on a stall by mentally-ill man.
August 20, 2008 Alecia Roberts beaten to death while sleeping on a bench by mentally-ill man.
May 7, 2009 Harry Ramanand died in hospital after being severely battered by a mental hospital patient at Canje.
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Davendra you guys should’ve given your brother a proper thrashing, and kick him out the house, now you are in regrets for not taking action which would’ve saved her life this would be with you for the rest of your life, anyway i hope justice is served when he goes to court.
This guy needs to go sit in a corner and continue to be quite. The damage is done.
Sorry to say but this man is the devil. Hope they do right by this woman and give him life. Rmamttie R.I.P
It’s too late for that now buddy,your mother is gone and you can partially blame yourself for that.
Too late…too late is the cry
The report stated: “During this time Darshanie hid under the bed as the woman was being beaten and about an hour later, the man left the house, leaving his motionless mother on the floor.”
Now, Where was the person who was hiding under the bed after the man left the house until 5 am?
read and comprehend.
That’s a good question Roger, this is the most heinous crime I’ve read about in a long time. How can someone do that to their own mother…
reading this story makes me so angry. reading it send chills down my skin. all the questions to be answered. everyone knew about it and did nothing. it seems like the neighbors did more than the family did. this woman had 2 other older kids who should of took care of her and her husband. the husband is on bed rest and the old woman has to suffer to make ends meet. im sorry but if that was my mom she would be living with me and me and my family will take care of her. parents take care of their kids now wen they get a certain age isnt it that the child should take care of them. also, the other person in the house HID UNDER THE BED while this woman life was being taken from her. how could u just hide under their for so long atlease rise an alarm to yell for help. it makes me sick to my stomach. and the poor husband listeneing their helplessly while this was going on.
i dont care if that made had a mental condition or not to me its all excuses. if he was so sick someone should knew it wasnt safe for him to live with his parents. im totally upset with the brother and sister in this story. this could of been prevented.
I know this family from back home, she was very nice person also her husband but her children are good to her,Her older son was the same he die this is her second son he smoke drugs i am very sorry and may her soul rest in peace. you never miss the water till the well runs dry