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Youth remanded over cutlass attack on mother

An 18-year-old man was yesterday remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding his mother.

It is alleged that Dmatayo Laddell of Section ‘C’ Christianburg, Wismar, Linden maliciously assaulted his mother Michelle Rutherford, 40, causing her actual bodily harm on September 3. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to him by the magistrate.

The mother of three, who was almost chopped to death by her son, remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Yesterday when Stabroek News visited the woman at the hospital she related that she was feeling sporadic pains. She explained that she was still in shock over what transpired since nothing of the sort ever happened before.

Rutherford had been cooking lunch when her son who lives next door visited. She said that he looked at her strangely, hollering “you see wha you do, I gaffa kill you.” He then reportedly pulled a cutlass out and began chopping her. She sustained chops wounds to her right hand and her head.

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18 Responses to “Youth remanded over cutlass attack on mother”

torbo
on September 6th, 2008 8:28 am

this kid have mental problems he needs to be evaluated at a hospital not
prison, sorry for the youths in guyana drugs ruining their lives and their
families , too much drugs in guyana we will read about more voilent crimes
coming out of the country if nothing is done to stop the influx of illegal narcotics

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colt45
In reply to the above comment on September 8th, 2008 9:18 am:
Torbo, drug use is a choice and we should be sorry for the mom, not the idiot who chose to use drugs and mess up his head.

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amen-ra
on September 6th, 2008 9:06 am

This is so sad to hear a mother attacked by her own son, this is quite shocking to know that he nearly killed his mom. Do he have a mental problem if so he needs to be treated by the experts. Jailing him won’t solve his mental problem if he is mentally challenged.

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Melainie
on September 6th, 2008 9:35 am

I am wondering what recomendation is being made for improvment in these kids behavior by the law,and i am not talking about prison sentences when these kids appear infront of the judges and the family in the whole ,because it seems to me from reading the article there was something going on between them all .

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Arnold
on September 6th, 2008 10:54 am

HONOUR THY MOTHER THY FATHER AND YOUR DAYS WILL BE LONG
ON THE EARTH !!!!!

What made him to do this to Our !! GREATEST TREASURE !!

Our mother love you must never forget ——the wrong things you do you CHILD you bound to —-R-E-G-R-E-T—-

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SurMot
In reply to the above comment on September 6th, 2008 4:56 pm:
Parents provoked your children not to wrath

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bbuckman
on September 6th, 2008 12:34 pm

the woman,that had sleepless nite taking care of him.
that carry him for 9 months.
he has such behavor.
this man future is in crime,lock him up.

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UltimateW
on September 6th, 2008 4:45 pm

If this fellow can chop his Mother ,he can butcher any body , put him away . He is a threat to society. The great USA is trying to put a stop to drugs , they ‘re still trying and we expect the government of guyana to put an end to theirs.

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SurMot
on September 6th, 2008 4:53 pm

These are now,::”in the days of our lives” :

Luke Gospel, chapter 23 verses 28-31

Oh my God our Almighty, where have you gone ?
come back into this world to see what is going on.
Come back Oh my God, to see no more good but bad
come back Oh heavenly father, I pray to you Oh God

It is not like yesterday, when You were here shortly to stay
It is bad to worse now, where humans are all going astray
There are no more love amongst humans, as of yesterday
It is so worse now than ever before, especially of today

Humans are eating humans for their daily meals each day
roasting them one by one in fiery furnaces all on their way
No more peace here on mother’s earth, no one can truely say
“oh-yes” no one can anymore, so to say that ” I am here to stay”

Parents are dining on children and children are eating parents
Our manna to which you have sustained to us is now a detent
No more healthy meals in our diets as our forests are destroying
Pollutions are now on our table and we are gravely diminishing.

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Brave
on September 7th, 2008 1:20 am

That young man who hurt his mother need Psychological evaluation and does not need to be in jail.There are lots of mentally ill people in this world due to poly substance abuse.The Health care in Guyana need to be pro active in the treatment of the mentally ill at home.I am a mother and I can understand how she is hurting for her son.May God be with both of them in their recovery to better health.

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Brave
on September 7th, 2008 2:06 am

My prayers goes out to mother for herself and her son

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Senseman
on September 8th, 2008 8:14 am

He should be jailed,and the prison system should help to seek medical and mental care for him.

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StoneP
on September 8th, 2008 4:34 pm

Does anyone know why this happened? We blame this guy, but we have no idea why he did what he did. Mother or not…..she could have done something that prompted his anger. I do not condone taking a cutlass to anyone, but he may have been pushed to the edge and reacted in a very violent manner. Again, if he lashed out at his mother like this, can you imagine what he could do to a stranger?

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1P1N1D
on September 10th, 2008 12:24 pm

Isn’t this the same thing they did with the young man that burned the GPH? Putting these people in jail is not the answer. They clearly are in need of psycological help.

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DMACK
on September 10th, 2008 12:32 pm

It is up to the government to stop drugs escalating in Guyana, but they will not do so, why? it’s our number one Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Shakeela
on September 10th, 2008 2:40 pm

Mental evaluation? Maybe. Maybe not. We don’t know why or what really caused him to do this. I hope she recovers and doesn’t die at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

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Joan Edwards
on September 11th, 2008 10:06 am

I’m very sad to hear about this whole situation. I have a son, (24 Years) and sometimes he acts out in a very aggressive manner. I’m afraid maybe he can get at such a stage that he looses his mind and do something like that, too. (He drinks and smokes “joints” a lot. With such a combination, it’s very dangerous.

Greetings from Joan , in Holland. I wish the mother all the best and hope that she recover, ASAP.

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StoneP
on September 11th, 2008 2:21 pm

Joan….When was the last time you heard someone that smoked marajuana went on a a rampage…I suspect the alcohol has something to do with the violence. I went to college with quite a few ‘potheads’ and they were the mellowest people around. By the way, I do not condone smoking any type of wacky tabacky etc, but I am just saying that smoking a blunt usually leads to sleep and not crazy violent outbursts…Now Crack, Cocaine , LSD etc can have those effects.

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