Spurned lover shoots woman dead near Stabroek Market

Carlisa Matthews

A 20-year-old mother of one was shot and killed by her former reputed husband minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market; the man has since been held.

Carlisa Matthews of Lot 2284 Flying Fish Street, North Ruimveldt was standing in front of her mother’s stall at Stabroek Market, Water Street, Georgetown when her ex-partner, Jermaine Maynard of Leopold Street, called out to her.

Her mother, Carol Matthews, said Carlisa refused to speak to the young man but Maynard insisted that he