Carol Shako, the woman who was hacked in her head with an axe on Monday at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was living in an abusive relationship for over seven years, relatives said yesterday.
Shako’s aunt Idelie Harris told Stabroek News that Shako suffered through seven years of abuse at the hands of her killer. She said Shako’s two children were also beaten by the man and as such had to be taken away from them.
“The welfare bring them to me to take care of them because the man used to beat them bad,” she said. She said Shako went once to see the children and never returned. She said on that occasion, her family had pleaded with her to get out of the
