Man charged with murder of wife at Bygeval school

One week after security guard, Candacy Pitt was chopped to death while on duty, her husband of thirteen years was on Friday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Forty-one-year-old Athlone Pitt was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.

He is accused of murdering Candacy Pitt, 31, of Chelsea Park, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara at the Bygeval Secondary School, Mahaica last Wednesday.