Ankerville woman loses leg after attack by estranged husband

Shameer ‘Kishan’ Approon

A 25-year-old Corentyne woman has had her right leg amputated after she was grievously wounded in the limb by her estranged husband last month.

Kamlawattie ‘Seema’ Lionel of Lot 81 Ankerville, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice was also  stabbed in the abdomen by her husband Shameer ‘Kishan’ Approon, 27, a cane harvester, on December 22. The man went into hiding immediately after the incident and is currently wanted by the police.

Lionel, a mother of one, had separated from her husband two weeks prior to the incident and moved back with her parents,