Barbados man charged with murder of Guyanese wife

After days under police guard at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Allan Alston Belle appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the slashing death of his estranged wife.

According to the Barbados Nation, Belle, 58, a landscaper of St Barnabas Heights, St Michael, was not required to plead to the charge that he murdered Brenda Belle, on April 30.

Brenda Belle (Photo  compliments of the  Barbados Nation)
Brenda Belle (Photo
compliments of the
Barbados Nation)

Magistrate Douglas Frederick remanded the accused to HMP Dodds until June 3, when he is due to reappear in court, the nation said.

Brenda Belle, 64, a Guyanese, had been chopped to death on Tuesday April 30,

Relatives in Guyana had said that the woman had only returned to Barbados on March 20 after arriving in Guyana in February.

Allan Belle (Photo  compliments of the  Barbados Nation)
Allan Belle (Photo
compliments of the
Barbados Nation)