Den Amstel murder accused attacked couple that heard screams

Claudine Rampersaud

Ryan Lewis yesterday testified that moments after he and his wife responded to screams coming from a Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara home, they were attacked by murder accused Dwayne Jordan, who was armed with a hatchet and a knife.

Jordan has been indicted for the June 14, 2007 murder of his wife Claudine Rampersaud. Yesterday, the trial continued before Justice Roxane George.

In giving his evidence-in-chief, Lewis, a cane harvester, said that Rampersaud was his sister-in-law and that he